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Parent topics

• Nuclear weapon [r]: A weapon that produces extremely powerful explosions from principles involving subatomic particle reactions, rather than the chemical reactions among atoms that power conventional explosives ^[e]

Subtopics

Weapon types

• Atomic demolition munition [r]: Nuclear weapons intended to be hand-emplaced at a target, from which the emplacing crew would retreat; their most common application was destroying bridges and roads during a retreat ^[e]

Specific weapons

U.K.

• Blue Bunny (nuclear weapon) [r]: U.K. 10-20 KT atomic demolition munition based on Blue Danube (nuclear weapon), later renamed Blue Peacock ^[e]
• Red Beard (nuclear weapon) [r]: U.K. 15-25 KT nuclear gravity bomb intended as a tactical nuclear weapon ^[e]

U.S.

• B57 bomb and depth charge [r]: U.S. Navy tactical fission bomb and depth charge ^[e]
• B61 bomb [r]: A thermonuclear fusion device implemented as a "tactical" gravity bomb that has a low to medium variable yield; the B61-11 version has limited ground penetration capability ^[e]
• W54 [r]: The lowest-yield nuclear weapon ever deployed by the United States, used in a variety of delivery systems including man-portable atomic demolition munitions, artillery shells, and air-to-air missiles ^[e]