Image:W80 nuclear warhead.jpg

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U.S. technicians working with a W80 thermonuclear warhead. Note that the scale is a little misleading: the person in the center of the picture is somewhat further back than he appears. The hand of the person touching the weapon serves as a better indication of size.

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  • Immediate source: Chuck Hansen, The Swords of Armageddon: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development Since 1945 (Sunnyvale, CA: Chukelea Publications, 1995)[1]
  • Licensing: US government DOD and/or DOE photograph. Public domain as work of U.S. federal government.
Public domain This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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current22:25, 11 November 2005800×639 (384 KB)Fastfission (higher res)
13:23, 23 July 2005640×468 (49 KB)Fastfission (A W80 nuclear warhead, photograph by either the U.S. airforce or the Department of Energy. Scan from http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/W80.html {{PD-US-Gov}})
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