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thermonuclear warhead, are as close as one can get to seeing a "physics package" outside the world of classification.]] The physics package is the portion of a material, and (for Fusion weapons) fusion fuel. The term ''physics package'' also refers to the main scientific components of non-weapon equipment, such as Space Probe s, Satellite s, Atomic Clock s, and so on. Many nuclear weapons are built in a modular fashion, with the same physics package being used for several different Warhead applications. For example, the physics package of the B61 Nuclear Bomb is also used in the W80 ALCM warhead, W81 for the cancelled nuclear Standard SM-2 SAM , W84 GLCM warhead, and W85 Pershing II missile. While photographs of warhead casings are quite common, photographs of the physics package are quite rare, even for the oldest and crudest nuclear weapons. |
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