Nuclear Weapons

• Disarmament
• Nuclear Tests
• Proliferation

• Science: Technology: Military Science: Ballistic Missile Defense 
• Society: Issues: War and Conflict: Weapons: Depleted Uranium 
• Science: Environment: Environmental Health: Health Physics and Radiological Health 
• Society: Military: Weapons and Equipment: Missiles 
• Society: Issues: Environmental: Nuclear 

• The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II  - A collection of primary sources, documents, publications, news, and archives about atomic bomb and its role in ending World War II.
• High-Yield Detonation Effects Simulator  - Interactive site allows the reader to pick a location, the size of a bomb, and simulate the effects on the provided map, which shows the effects radiating out from the location. This simulation indicates only structural damage to building, and does not include other effects, such as fallout levels or thermal damage.
• How Stuff Works: How Nuclear Bombs Work  - Features a fairly easy to read article about how nuclear weapons work, including details about nuclear energy, nuclear fission, fission bombs, fusion bombs, and consequences and health risks.
• How to Get a Nuclear Bomb  - Presents an article by a reporter who traveled the world to find the weaknesses a terrorist could exploit.
• Low-Yield Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons  - Presents the Federation of American Scientist report on the development of a new generation of precision low-yield nuclear weapons, including diagrams depicting how a "mini-nuke" could be used.
• The Nuclear Era  - Consists of photographs and information regarding nuclear weapons, the history of nukes, and bomb information, as well as video and audio files relevant to the topic.
• PBS: Nuclear Blast Damage  - Provides an interactive reference tool which simulates the impact of various weapons and details of the damages.