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Neutron bombs are designed to release massive amounts of radiation but not leave behind high levels of long-term radiation. Specifically, it is engineered to release much of its energy as fast-neutrons (hence the name for the device) rather than explosive energy. The high level of neutrons released during detonation is intense enough to penetrate buildings, people, and even moderate armor - disrupting living cells to such a degree that death will follow within a few days for those exposed. The neutron bomb was developed primarily as an anti-armor weapon - to penetrate tank armor and kill their crews for example. Modern tank armor is now sufficiently heavy to reduce the exposure of the crews to levels such that in order to get enough radiation through the armor, the device would have to be detonated so close to a tank that the blast effect (heat and blast pressure) would be just as much a factor as the radiation, so most neutron weapons have been dismantled and disposed of as obsolete.

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