Home›Missiles And Guided Munitions›Nuclear Weapons and Strategic BombsGroupNuclear Weapons and Strategic BombsThis group collects the Missiles And Guided Munitions subcategory's nuclear weapons and non-missile strategic bombs: named nuclear weapons and thermonuclear devices described by their explosive mechanism rather than a missile delivery system, along with large-yield conventional bombs such as an earthquake bomb and a flying bomb from the era before guided cruise and ballistic missiles existed. Its 10 members are the warhead or bomb itself rather than the missile or aircraft that delivers it; a named delivery missile that happens to carry a nuclear warhead, such as an ICBM or a nuclear-armed cruise missile, is classified instead under the sibling Ballistic Missiles or Cruise Missiles group by its own delivery mechanism.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1945 1Browse ByAll Nuclear Weapons and Strategic BombsNuclear Weapons and Strategic Bombs14 entriesNuclear Weapons and Strategic BombsFilter Results14 entriesWeapon FamilyAllNuclear Weapons and Strategic Bombs (14)Weapon Type or ClassAllAtomic bomb (2)Earthquake bomb (1)Flying bomb (1)Large-yield bomb (1)nuclear warhead (1)Nuclear weapon (3)Nuclear weapon (fission bomb) (1)Tactical and strategic nuclear weapon (1)thermonuclear bomb (1)thermonuclear warhead (1)Thermonuclear weapon (staged fission-fusion nuclear device) (1)Introduced EraAll1945 (5)1951 (1)1952 (1)1956 (1)1966 (1)1989 (1)2003 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (2)Prototype or Experimental (2)Retired (5)OperatorAllRoyal Air Force (2)Royal Navy (1)United States Air Force (2)United States Navy (3)Wars Used InAllWorld War II (1)ManufacturerAllAtomic Weapons Establishment (1)Ford Motor Company (1)McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (1)Republic Aviation Corporation (1)Rocky Flats Plant (1)Vickers (1)Vickers-Armstrongs (1)Washington Navy Yard (1)Willys (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 14Atomic BombMissiles And Guided Munitions2 linksFat ManMissiles And Guided MunitionsGBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air BlastMissiles And Guided Munitions1 linkGrand SlamMissiles And Guided Munitions2 linksHydrogen BombMissiles And Guided MunitionsLittle BoyMissiles And Guided MunitionsMark 36 nuclear bombMissiles And Guided MunitionsRDS-3Missiles And Guided MunitionsRepublic-Ford JB-2Missiles And Guided Munitions2 linksThin Man (nuclear bomb)Missiles And Guided MunitionsW88Missiles And Guided Munitions1 linkW91Missiles And Guided MunitionsW93Missiles And Guided Munitions1 linkWE.177Missiles And Guided Munitions2 linksSources1. Wikipedia: Nuclear weapontier 2WikipediaNuclear weapon, Testing and deployment sectionQuote, Nuclear weapon, Testing and deployment sectionOn 6 August 1945, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) detonated a uranium gun-type fission bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" over the Japanese city of Hiroshima; three days later, on 9 August, the USAAF detonated a plutonium implosion-type fission bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" over the Japanese city of Nagasaki.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.