Hansen here presents an encyclopedic discussion of all of the various nuclear explosives developed, tested, and used by the u. An armas nukleyar amo an magburuto nga butang nga nakukuha an iya destroso nga puwersa tikang ha reaksiyon nukleyar, mapa fission man o may halo nga fission ngan fusion pinanbasaran. The late chuck hansen, a relentless and resourceful researcher, worked for decades to document the history, technology, design and development of nuclear weapons. Didnt he donate it to george washington university upon his death. The late chuck hansen, a relentless and resourceful researcher, worked for decades to document the history, technology, design and. The swords of armageddon by chuck hansen wikimedia. The swords of armageddon cdrom chuck hansen has spent over 25 years pushing the barriers of secrecy around nuclear weapons. Full of photographs, charts, footnotes and other hard information, as well as hansens standard text and description, u. In the present great war, we see that the large nations have. Chukelea publications includes technical glossary, descriptions of weapons physics. Chukelea publications, owned by eleanor hansen, is the publisher of the swords of armageddon. Nukes in the taiwan crisis federation of american scientists. Chukelea publications is now taking orders for swords of armageddon version 2, the long awaited, updated, revision of swords. He tells the inside workings of nuclear weapons technology and presents an elaborate history of nuclear weapons tests.
Nuclear weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety penguin, 20, 172173 and sources cited. Both were used to describe a fissile core that takes the form of two onionlike concentric spherical shells of two different fissile materials, usually plutonium and u235. For an earlier account of the goldsboro accident, see chuck hansen, swords of armageddon at pages 274276 of pdf, for a useful discussion. The air force history office, particularly the air force historical studies office publications page. Chuck hansen wikipedias chuck hansen as translated by.
He was coauthor on the best paper at ieee pacific visualization 2010. Brasseys new battlefield weapons systems and technology, vol 10hansen, chuck, the swords of armageddon. The term, the battle or campaign of armageddon, is the name usually associated with a single battle at a single place rev. Well, you can avoid those worstcase scenarios and help people dealing with actual worstcase scenarios. Nov, 2012 in this segment chuck missler discusses the campaign of armageddon.
Chuck hansen has been the essential source for publicly available. Robert johnston last modified 6 november 2006 date. The secret history, chuck hansen, 1988, orion books united states nuclear tests. Chuck hansen can also provide copies of selected source documents that are referenced in the swords of armageddon from his archive of declassified materials though the swords of armageddon information service. Nuclear weapons the secret history chuck hansen on.
W80 thermonuclear warhead, photo published in hansens the swords of armageddon chuck hansen may, 1947 march 26, 2003 was the compiler, over a period of 30 years, of the worlds largest private collection of unclassified documents on how america developed atomic and thermonuclear weapons. Jun 09, 2014 1 for an earlier account of the goldsboro accident, see chuck hansen, swords of armageddon at pages 274276 of pdf, for a useful discussion, see the full story behind the goldsboro incident. Chuck hansens first version of his opus on this subject was published in late 1995 as a set of eight volumes adobe acrobat pdf files on. He stated that clean version of mark 36 had a yield of 6 megatons and that dirty version of mark 36 had a design of maximum yield of 19 megatons. Nuclear weapons development since 1945 is the first and only comprehensive illustrated history of the postworld war ii design, development, and testing of u.
Chuck hansen, the editor of swords of armageddon, lives in sunnyvale, california. Nuclear weapons development since 1945, chuck hansen, october 1995, chuckelea publications u. The test was part of the koon shot of operation castle. Racer iv was a component of some of the first hydrogen bombs made by the united states during the 1950s. The following sites have content similar to ours and may be of interest. An equivalent american term is preinitiation, and an archaic british description was premature detonation.
Chuck hansens 1990 bulletin article about the sandia labs document, is. Air force history index index other useful resources. Principles, effects and survivability land warfare. Chuck hansen, swords of armageddon, version 2, 2002. A number of the excisions, such as document 1b at page 9 of the pdf, read like, and have enough characters to be. The digital national security archive dnsa is an invaluable online collection of more than 100,000 declassified records documenting historic u. According to chuck hansens book the swords of armageddon, gnat, kinglet, robin, starling, and tsetse were twopoint primaries. Pdf now that the long and bitter national presidential election is finally over, and conservative republicans have once again seized the executive branch, we can expect advocates of resumed nuclear testingundoubtedly led by james. Nuclear weapons development since 1945, october 1995, chucklea productions, eight volumes cdrom, two thousand pages.
Swords is seven or eight volumes with more details than most can absorb and only costs 2300 bucks electronic transferred to your computer. Chuck hansen s first version of his opus on this subject was published in late 1995 as a set of eight volumes adobe acrobat pdf files on cdrom. This segment comes from the hosea commentary published by koinonia house. The swords of armageddon the nuclear weapon archive. In other words, the increase of knowledge is responsible for the increase of discontent and fear which are bringing armageddon, or the day of vengeance of god, upon the whole world. Swords of armageddon 2 chuck hansen the swords of armageddon. So the above diagram is likely a representation of one of those other twopoint primaries.
Williams 3 the campaign of armageddon introduction. Table of contents the battle of armageddon d000 flyleaf and forward d011 the day of vengeance. An wikimedia commons mayda media nga nahahanungod han. Armageddon in english with contextual examples mymemory. The secret history, and of swords of armageddon, a periodical cdrom billed as the worlds first updatable nuclear weapons information service, told a reporter for this project that he has examined photographs of the goldsboro crash site, including pictures of bomb components, and that he has. Get an adfree experience with special benefits, and directly support reddit. It mentions that his material was donated to the national security archive at gwu. Chuck hansen, a pioneering researcher into the technical history of nuclear weapons whose creative exploitation of the freedom of information act helped open up an ocean of previously classified historical records, died last week. W80 thermonuclear warhead, photo published in hansen s the swords of armageddon chuck hansen may, 1947 march 26, 2003 was the compiler, over a period of 30 years, of the worlds largest private collection of unclassified documents on how america developed atomic and thermonuclear weapons. To purchase this briefing pack in its entirety, go. Chuck hansen wrote in swords of armageddon 1995 that mark 36 nuclear bomb was produced in two yield versions, clean and dirty. The secret history, and of swords of armageddon, a periodical cdrom billed as the worlds first updatable nuclear weapons information service, told a reporter for this project that he has examined photographs of the goldsboro crash site, including pictures of bomb components, and that he has concluded the bombs were.
Where can the chuck hansen collection swords of armageddon. The level of detail in the authors mindset is difficult to convey. Nuclear weapons the secret history is a perfect and fascinating blend, a rare example of a nonfiction reference pageturner. Chuck hansens swords of armageddon federation of american. The mark 22 nuclear bomb mk22 was the first thermonuclear device test by the university of california radiation lab ucrl. Where can the chuck hansen collection swords of armageddon be found online. The ancient war future science giza death star trilogycosmic wars nazi transhuman babylon banksters and black sun bell reich venice roswell grid saucers swastikas genes giants third way philosophers stone 16 book jo farrell collection. Materials referenced in the cdrom range in size from a single page to series of volumes several thousand pages in length. The swords of armageddon electronic resource in searchworks. In this segment chuck missler discusses the campaign of armageddon. Stormwrath swords of armageddon full album 2011 youtube. According to chuck hansen s book the swords of armageddon, gnat, kinglet, robin, starling, and tsetse were twopoint primaries. To understand th battle of e armageddon with the lord jesus christ and his army, a series of battles must be. Nuclear weapons the secret history by hansen, chuck.
Table corrected october 21, 2008 table corrected october 21, 2008 the mk6 was a tactical bomb that could be delivered in a ground or airburst mode by a variety of air force and navy aircraft and probably would have been the weapon of choice for the taiwan. Pdf now that the long and bitter national presidential election is finally over, and. I have read this book numerous times and it is wo a doubt the second finest source on the development of nuclear weapons in the world behind swords of armageddon, also by the same author, chuck hansen. Arguably, the postworld war ii development of an american hydrogen bomb was the most complex physical problem ever solved in the history of science. Much of the material was declassified for this book, and hansen emphasizes his opinion that the secrecy was and is unwarranted. Chuck hansens first version of his opus on this subject was published in late 1995 as a set of eight volumes adobe acrobat pdf files on cdrom. His findings helped nurture a continuing wave of scholarship and historical reflection on. Theres an order form to buy it on cd but didnt he donate for open viewing at gwu.
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