Yellow Sun bomb

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The Yellow Sun bomb was Britain's first operational high-yield thermonuclear weapon deployed during the Cold War.

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Yellow Sun bomb canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British nuclear weapon
British nuclear weapon
British nuclear weapon
thermonuclear weapon
thermonuclear weapon
thermonuclear weapon
alsoKnownAs Yellow Sun bomb NERFINISHED
belongsTo Royal Air Force arsenal
belongsToProgram British thermonuclear weapons program
classification megaton‑class nuclear weapon
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
deliveryMethod air‑dropped free‑fall bomb
deployedBy Royal Air Force NERFINISHED
deploymentEnd 1960s
deploymentMode aircraft‑delivered
deploymentStart late 1950s
designedAs successor to Blue Danube
designedDuring 1950s
designedForPlatform Avro Vulcan NERFINISHED
Handley Page Victor NERFINISHED
V-bomber force
Vickers Valiant NERFINISHED
developedBy United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority NERFINISHED
developedFor strategic bombing missions
era Cold War
hasComponent bomb casing
thermonuclear warhead
hasVariant Yellow Sun Mk.1 NERFINISHED
Yellow Sun Mk.2 NERFINISHED
nuclearWeaponConfiguration two‑stage thermonuclear design
nuclearWeaponType strategic bomb
partOf British nuclear deterrent
purpose strategic deterrence
replaced Blue Danube NERFINISHED
replacedBy WE.177
role first operational high‑yield British thermonuclear weapon
status retired
strategicRole primary high‑yield weapon of the V‑force
testedAt Christmas Island NERFINISHED
testedInOperation Operation Grapple NERFINISHED
usedAs free‑fall gravity bomb
usedInConflict Cold War NERFINISHED
warheadType thermonuclear fusion-boosted design
yieldClass high‑yield

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Vickers Valiant bomber nuclearWeaponCompatibility Yellow Sun bomb
subject surface form: Vickers Valiant