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Weapons-grade nuclear material

Nuclear material pure enough to be used for nuclear weapons

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Nuclear latency

State ability to develop nuclear weapons

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Improvised nuclear device

Theoretical illicit nuclear weapon

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De-alerting

Method to delay nuclear weapon launch time

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Fizzle (nuclear explosion)

Nuclear explosion with much less than expected yield

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List of nuclear weapons

World's atomic warhead designs, 1945–present

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Mushroom cloud

Cloud of debris and smoke from a large explosion

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Pit (nuclear weapon)

Core of a nuclear implosion weapon

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Maneuverable reentry vehicle

Ballistic missile whose warhead is capable of changing trajectory

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Nuclear weapons delivery

Type of explosive arms

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High-alert nuclear weapon
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Nuclear Suppliers Group

Multilateral export control regime

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Uranium hydride bomb

Type of atomic bomb

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Variable yield

Option available on many nuclear weapons

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Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty

Proposed international treaty

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13 steps
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Mongolian Nuclear-Weapons-Free Status
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Nuclear Free World Policy
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Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists

Einstein's committee of atomic scientists

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United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

Research institute of the United Nations

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United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Office of the United Nations Secretariat

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Rope trick effect

"Spikes" emanating from suspended nuclear explosions

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Trinitite

Glassy mineral left in the dirt after the plutonium-based Trinity bomb test

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Subsidence crater

Hole or depression left on the surface over the site of an underground explosion

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Nuclear weapons testing

Controlled detonation of nuclear weapons for scientific or political purposes

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High-altitude nuclear explosion

Nuclear detonations in the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere

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