neutron bomb
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atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blast
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Dalby re-emerges, and reveals intelligence suggesting that Jay's operations will interfere with an American neutron bomb test in the Pacific.
Minor hits from the album included " Kill the Poor " (about potential abuse of the then-new neutron bomb ) and a satirical cover of Elvis Presley 's " Viva Las Vegas ".
Compared to a pure fission bomb with an identical explosive yield, a neutron bomb would emit about ten times citation the amount of neutron radiation.
In a fission bomb, at sea level, the total radiation pulse energy which is composed of both gamma rays and neutrons is approximately 5% of the entire energy released; in the neutron bomb it would be closer to 40%.
However, neither of those countries chose to deploy the neutron bomb.
However the most effective use of a neutron bomb with respect to area denial would be to encase it in a thick shell of material that could be neutron activated, and use a surface burst.