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What three types of weapons were used during the cold war?
Nuclear weapons, Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons.
Why is an atomic bomb sometimes called a fisson bomb?
The term atomic bomb is a general one. It refers to any kind of nuclear weapon. But there are basically a couple of different types of nuclear weapon: the fission weapon, and the fusion weapon. (We can split hairs and add some, but let's not.) In a "regular" atomic or nuclear weapon, a fission weapon, subcritical masses of fissile material, usually plutonium, are driven together by conventional explosives and the thing goes off. Boom! There is fission, but no fusion. That differentiates this type of weapon from a fusion device. The term fusion deviceis used to talk about what used to be called the hydrogen bomb. The fusion weapon must have a fission device to create the heat necessary for fusion to occur, and it uses the fission bomb to "trigger" fusion in that light. If someone uses the term "fission bomb" in a presentation, they are not talking about the so-called hydrogen bomb or any fusion weapon - if they are using the term correctly.
Germany's most effective naval weapon in ww1?
During World War I the Germans used many different types of naval weapons including a large fleet of battleships. The most effective naval weapon that the German army had was the merchant u-ship submarines.
What weapons were used on planes in world war 2?
Various types of weapons were used on planes in World War 2 but the number one weapon was the Browning 50 Caliber automatic gun with thousands of rounds.
How many weapons were used in WW2?
They had 17 usable ships. 22 types of Land weapons/guns/tanks/vehicles, 18 different types of small arms, 77 different types of airplanes under the categories of fighter planes, bomber planes, transport planes, training planes and others. US Marine Corp Sergeant P. W. Cavnar says it would be difficult to know the exact amount of weapons in each category that the US had before the war. I had to manually count all those types of weapons and it was not possible for me to determine the total amount of every weapon.
