Small amounts of it are used in most nuclear weapons to boost their explosive yield and for other purposes.
He said that the nation needed to develop a new class of nuclear arms that would have low explosive yields but burrow deep.
The W33's four explosive yields were all greater than that of the W48.
In terms of explosive yields, nowadays the former have much larger yield than the latter, even though it's not a rule.
That would not put them out of business, though decreasing their explosive yields.
Tass said the explosive yield ranged from 20 to 150 kilotons.
Britain wants tests with explosive yields of up to a few hundred pounds, according to the resources defense council report.
The new missiles are to have increased range, but not increased explosive yield.
It performed normally and with the same explosive yield as the next core used in this set of two tests.
Their explosive yield is low, and small amounts of radiation may be released.