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A neutron bomb is a nuclear weapon that is "enhanced" to increase neutron production. It will do considerable damage because it is "still" a nuclear weapon and will have a minimum yield. But the extra engineering will cause the bomb to produce many more neutrons when it goes off, and this has the one purpose of irradiating the heck out of people or anything else in the vicinity. Neutron flux is very dangerous particulate radiation. It is hard to stop, and things with a lot of hydrogen in them (like plastics) do a better job than just "dense stuff" does. In that light, the neutron bomb, classified as an enhanced radiation weapon, will defeat the crews of armored vehicles because the armor offers incomplete protection to the people inside it. That was originally why it was developed. The neutrons will do a better job of killing living things, and those extra neutrons will be absorbed by some of the materials that are bathed in the flux, and they'll become activated, or radioactive. Double trouble. In the neutron bomb, a fission trigger sets of a fusion weapon that has an enhancing geometry (neutron mirrors) and material (like tritium). The extra neutrons released will be directed "outward" toward the "targets" and not be used to propagate the chain reaction. A link can be found below.
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What was the atomic bomb capable of doing?
Destroying an entire city in seconds
Why did the soviets call the neutron bomb the Capitalist bomb?
the neutron bomb was called as capitalist bomb because it destroyed people not property
What bomb kills life but leaves buildings standing?
Neutron bomb
Which country was first to develop a neutron bomb?
USA
Which countries have neutron bombs?
As of today, no country is known to have an Enhanced Radiation Weapon ("neutron bomb") in their active stockpile.
What is the surprising effect of the neutron bomb?
A neutron bomb, or enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a type of tactical nuclear weapon designed specifically to release a large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation rather than explosive energy. Neutron bomb would use nuclear fusion, but in a different way. The detonation of a neutron bomb would still produce an explosion, but one much smaller than a standard nuclear weapon's. The main effect of a neutron bomb would be the release of high-energy neutrons that would take lives far beyond the blast area. The result: fewer buildings, cars, tanks, roads, highways and other structures destroyed.
Why neutron bomb is known as smart bomb?
It is not. A "smart" bomb is one with a guidance system that guides it directly to the target. A "Neutron" bomb is a specialized form of nuclear weapon that produces relatively little blast, but releases more immediate nuclear radiation than most other nuclear weapons
What country was the first to develop a neutron bomb?
united states of America
What are the lyrics to The Neutron Bomb by The Controllers?
The Controllers' "Neutron Bomb" begins with a poem from WWII about a disemboweled gunner on a bomber over Europe. Then it goes: Some people think atomic bombs are weird But I don't want to end up seared By the Neutron Bomb Very strange! By the Neutron Bomb Cold War exchange! I can't get up Might get blown up Neutrons falling down Might as well hang around For the Neutron Bomb Try heading over to www.lyrics.com and search "The Controllers" and see if the band and song come up. If that doesnt work, try searchng the artist and song name on google (:
Which country was the First to develop a neutron bomb?
No country is known to currently have neutron bombs. The concept was developed in the US in the early 1960s (and some testing along those lines was done by, at least, the US and France in the mid-1960s), and France actually tested a full neutron bomb in 1980.
Is a neutron bomb more deadlier than a nuclear bomb?
A neutron bomb is a nuclear bomb.Specifically a neutron bomb is a modified fusion (hydrogen) bomb.In a standard fusion bomb the fusion tamper is Uranium-238. This absorbs the high energy fusion neutrons and fissions, producing roughly 90% of the yield of the fusion bomb and most of the fallout.If instead we change the fusion tamper to a different dense metal with a much much smaller cross-section for absorbing neutrons, then most of them escape. This is a "neutron" bomb. If everything else is the same, it has only about 10% of the yield and a tiny fraction of the fallout of the standard fusion bomb (making it a "clean" bomb).Sometimes the neutron bomb is considered an anti-tank weapon, as the neutrons can pass through the tank and irradiate the crew while the lower yield and fallout produce less blast damage and radiological contamination.However the high neutron flux induces secondary radioactivity in most exposed materials. This is also a form of radiological contamination, but cannot be washed off like fallout.
Does fusion reaction occur in an atomic bomb?
They have a starter in a bomb and what this will do is shoot a neutron in the nuclear fuel starting a chain reaction
