Mark 8 nuclear bomb
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The Mark 8 was an early American nuclear bomb design, notable as a gun-type fission weapon developed in the early Cold War era.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gun-type fission weapon
ⓘ
nuclear weapon ⓘ |
| classification | gravity bomb ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deliveryMethod | air-dropped bomb ⓘ |
| deliveryPlatform | strategic bomber aircraft ⓘ |
| deployment |
U.S. Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. nuclear stockpile ⓘ |
| designAuthority | U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedToAttack |
fortified underground structures
ⓘ
hardened targets ⓘ |
| designGoal | penetration before detonation ⓘ |
| designLineage | derived from wartime gun-type concepts ⓘ |
| designPeriod | late 1940s ⓘ |
| designType | gun-type ⓘ |
| developedBy | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early Cold War ⓘ |
| feature |
armor-piercing design
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earth-penetrating capability ⓘ |
| governingBody | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early postwar U.S. nuclear bomb design ⓘ |
| intendedUse | tactical nuclear weapon ⓘ |
| militaryBranchUser | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nuclearPhysicsPrinciple | rapid assembly of supercritical mass ⓘ |
| nuclearWeaponType | fission bomb ⓘ |
| predecessor | Little Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | U.S. nuclear weapons program ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | earth-penetrating nuclear weapon ⓘ |
| relatedWeapon | Mark 11 nuclear bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retired | 1950s ⓘ |
| riskFactor | inherent safety concerns of gun-type designs ⓘ |
| role | bunker-busting nuclear bomb ⓘ |
| safetyCharacteristic | relatively simple gun-type mechanism ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | early 1950s ⓘ |
| status |
obsolete
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retired ⓘ |
| supersededBy | more advanced tactical nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| technologyGeneration | second generation U.S. nuclear weapon ⓘ |
| testing | associated with U.S. nuclear test program ⓘ |
| usedConventionalExplosives | high explosives ⓘ |
| usedFissileMaterial |
highly enriched uranium
ⓘ
plutonium ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | never used in combat ⓘ |
| warheadConfiguration | armor-piercing casing ⓘ |
| warheadDesignation | W8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warheadType | implosion-free gun-assembly ⓘ |
| yieldClass | low to medium kiloton range ⓘ |
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