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warhead wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 classification 2 detonators 3 see also 4 references toggle the table of contents warhead 40 languages afrikaans العربية azərbaycanca беларуская català čeština dansk deutsch español eesti فارسی suomi français עברית हिन्दी hrvatski հայերեն bahasa indonesia italiano 日本語 ქართული 한국어 latviešu bahasa melayu nederlands norsk nynorsk norsk bokmål polski português română русский srpskohrvatski српскохрватски simple english shqip српски srpski svenska türkçe українська اردو 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia section of a device that contains the explosive agent or toxic material for other uses see warhead disambiguation this article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations february 2014 learn how and when to remove this message a b61 nuclear bomb in various stages of assembly the nuclear warhead is the bullet shaped silver canister in the middle left of the photograph a warhead is the section of a device that contains the explosive agent or toxic biological chemical or nuclear material that is delivered by a missile rocket torpedo or bomb classification edit types of warheads include explosive an explosive charge is used to destroy the target and damage surrounding areas with a blast wave conventional chemicals such as gunpowder and high explosives store significant energy within their molecular bonds this energy can be released quickly by a trigger such as an electric spark thermobaric weapons enhance the blast effect by utilizing the surrounding atmosphere in their explosive reactions blast a strong shock wave is provided by the detonation of the explosive fragmentation metal fragments are projected at high velocity to cause damage or injury continuous rod metal bars welded on their ends form a compact cylinder of interconnected rods which is violently expanded into a contiguous zig zag shaped ring by an explosive detonation the rapidly expanding ring produces a planar cutting effect that is devastating against military aircraft which may be designed to be resistant to shrapnel shaped charge the effect of the explosive charge is focused onto a specially shaped metal liner to project a hypervelocity jet of metal to perforate heavy armour explosively formed penetrator instead of turning a thin metal liner into a focused jet the detonation wave is directed against a concave metal plate at the front of the warhead propelling it at high velocity while simultaneously deforming it into a projectile nuclear a runaway nuclear fission fission bomb or nuclear fusion hydrogen bomb reaction causes immense energy release chemical a toxic chemical such as poison gas or nerve gas is dispersed which is designed to injure or kill human beings biological an infectious agent such as anthrax spores is dispersed which is designed to sicken or kill humans often a biological or chemical warhead will use an explosive charge for rapid dispersal and enhanced damage detonators edit explosive warheads contain detonators to trigger the explosion types of detonators include type definition contact when the warhead makes physical contact with the target the explosive is detonated sometimes combined with a delay to detonate a specific amount of time after contact proximity using radar sonar a magnetic sensor or a laser the warhead is detonated when the target is within a specified distance it is often coupled with directional explosion control system that ensures that the explosion sends the fragmentation primarily towards the target that triggered it timed warhead is detonated after a specific amount of time altitude warhead is detonated once it falls to a specified altitude usually in an air burst remote remotely detonated via signal from operator not normally used for warheads except for self destruction combined any combination of the above see also edit guidance system list of aircraft weapons list of missiles nuclear weapon yield missile references edit wikimedia commons has media related to warheads the b61 mk 61 bomb the nuclear weapon archive 9 january 2007 archived from the original on nov 30 2023 b61 globalsecurity org april 16 2017 archived from the original on mar 16 2023 b61 nuclear gravity bomb brookings institution archived from the original on mar 10 2012 stephen i schwartz atomic audit the costs and consequences of u s nuclear weapons since 1940 brookings institution press 1998 b61 thermonuclear bomb hill air force base 2008 archived from the original on may 25 2011 nnsa achieves significant milestone for b61 bomb nnsa june 30 2006 archived from the original on jul 30 2009 chuck hansen u s nuclear weapons the secret history new york orion books 1988 pp 162 164 authority control databases international gnd national united states israel other yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title warhead oldid 1364588526 categories ammunition explosive weapons missiles hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata articles lacking in text citations from february 2014 all articles lacking in text citations commons 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