Word: blast
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...away. It gets its name from the fact that on detonation, unusually large quantities of radioactive neutrons are released, which are effective in killing people without destroying buildings or vehicles. They can, for example, penetrate enemy armor at considerable ranges, though such armor can be made resistant to the blast and heat of a regular nuclear explosion, except in direct or near-direct hits. "Large yield" nuclear weapons, on the other hand, are designed to enhance heat and blast-the major killing factors in the atomic bombs dropped on Japan...
...mile. A neutron bomb exploded 130 yds. in the air would destroy all structures within only a 140-yd. radius. It would instantly kill anyone within a half-mile radius, and for people within a one-mile range would cause delayed deaths up to a month after the blast (see chart). But because of its low-yield blast and heat effect, it would spare all buildings beyond a 140-yd. radius of ground zero. Moreover, the radiation dissipates quickly, and would not affect an area beyond a radius of 1% miles. More than other nukes, the bomb is thus very...
...Buzz and Blast. Up on the stage can be found a numbing array of groups and soloists whose names dramatize the nihilism and brute force that have inspired the movement: Clash, Thunder-train, Weirdos, Dictators, Stranglers, Damned, and the demon-eyed New Yorker who could become the Mick Jagger of punk, Richard Hell. The music aims for the gut. Even compared with the more elemental stylings of 1950s rock 'n' roll-which it closely resembles -punk rock is a primal scream. The music comes in fast, short bursts of buzz and blast. Some groups have...
...Norwegian leader will, in response, slip under the Tu-16's wings and then gently raise his wing to within inches of the Soviet plane, forcing the intruder to turn back. Explains a Norwegian air force colonel: "The Russian pilot knows that the fighter on his tail can blast him to bits if he doesn't obey fast...
...accelerating use of nitrogen fertilizers, which are converted by bacteria into nitrogen oxides that eventually rise into the stratosphere, could result in the destruction of as much as another 15% of the ozone layer. Most disastrous would be a large-scale nuclear war, which would blast enough nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere to reduce the ozone layer by as much as 70% for a period of from five to ten years. Even a slight increase in ultraviolet rays seems to cause a higher incidence of skin cancer, and a significant depletion of the ozone layer could cause far-reaching damage...