Mark 4 nuclear bomb

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The Mark 4 nuclear bomb was an early U.S. post–World War II fission weapon derived from the Fat Man design and used during the early Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fission bomb
gravity bomb
nuclear weapon
alsoKnownAs Mk 4 bomb NERFINISHED
conflict Cold War
coreType composite plutonium-uranium core
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
deliveryMethod air-dropped
deploymentPlatform B-29 Superfortress NERFINISHED
B-36 Peacemaker NERFINISHED
B-47 Stratojet NERFINISHED
B-50 Superfortress NERFINISHED
P2V Neptune NERFINISHED
derivedFrom Fat Man nuclear bomb NERFINISHED
designer Los Alamos Laboratory NERFINISHED
detonationMethod air burst
contact burst
diameter 1.52 meters
60 inches
feature improved ease of assembly compared to Fat Man
interchangeable nuclear cores with different yields
modular design
filling high explosive lenses
guidanceSystem unguided
hasVariant Mark 4 Mod 0 NERFINISHED
Mark 4 Mod 1 NERFINISHED
Mark 4 Mod 2 NERFINISHED
Mark 4 Mod 3 NERFINISHED
length 128 inches
3.25 meters
natoDesignation Mk 4 NERFINISHED
operator United States Air Force
United States Navy
precededBy Fat Man nuclear bomb NERFINISHED
producedUnits approximately 550
over 500
productionEnd 1953
productionStart 1949
replacedBy Mark 6 nuclear bomb NERFINISHED
retired mid-1950s
safetyFeature removable nuclear core
serviceEntry 1949
technologyGeneration second-generation U.S. nuclear weapon
usedBy Strategic Air Command NERFINISHED
usedInPeriod early Cold War
warheadType plutonium implosion
weight approximately 10,000 pounds
approximately 4.5 tonnes
yield between 1 kiloton and 31 kilotons of TNT

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Nuclear bombs of the United States hasPart Mark 4 nuclear bomb