TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I.: PREFACE, ETC. WEAPONS PHYSICS
POSTWAR U.S. FISSION WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT: SEARCH FOR SIMPLICITY, ETC
VOLUME. II (1943-1952) 1. THE SEARCH FOR FEASIBILITY 2. RACING IN THE DARK
VOLUME. III. (1952-1954) OPERATION IVY OPERATION CASTLE
VOLUME. IV (1954-1969) BUILDING A BETTER BOMB REDWING HARDTACK, DOMINIC
VOLUME V: . AIRCRAFT BOMBS INCLUDING U.S. NUCLEAR BOMBS, ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS AND ATOMIC DEMOLITION MUNITIONS
VOLUME VI: MISSILE & ROCKET WARHEADS; ATOMIC ARTILLERY SHELLS
VOLUME. VII ARMING & FUZING; TECHNOLOGIES & EQUIPMENT
APPENDIX 1. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS, 1942-1962
APPENDIX 2. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPECIFICATIONS
APPENDIX 3. TYPICAL U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCIDENTS, 1950-1981.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Note: In the following, which is based on Swords of Armageddon Version 1., the topics covered are the important pieces of information and the page numbers are relevant to give you an idea of how many pages are given to the topic. The actual page numbers below do not reflect the condensation of Swords from eight volume to seven in Version 2.)
PART V. ARMING & FUZING: TECHNIQUES & EQUIPMENT
Overview, VIII-3
Early Radar Fuses, VIII-11
Barometric & Other Fuses, VIII-20
Inflight Insertion & Extraction, VIII-26
Manual IFI/IFE, VIII-30
Automatic IFI/IFE, VIII-36
Permissive Action Link Development, VIII-37
PAL Design & Function, VIII-38
History of PALs, VIII-40
ICBM/IRBM Warhead Fuzing, VIII-44
APPENDIX 1. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS, 1942-1962
Summary, VIII-46
Reasons for Testing, VIII-48
Specific Test Results, VIII-71
Individual Test names, VIII-78
Canceled/Renamed Test Series, VIII-81
Test Device Names, VIII-83
Derivation of Test Yields, VIII-85
Device-Test Correlation, VIII-86
APPENDIX 2. US NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPECIFICATIONS, VIII-97
APPENDIX 3. TYPICAL US NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCIDENTS,
1950-1981, VIII-98
ABOUT THE EDITOR, VII-147
INDEX, VII-148