WE177 Air-Launched Nuclear Bomb
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| WE177 air-launched nuclear bomb | |
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| Manufacturer | (unknown) |
| Production years | 1966 |
| Production location | (unknown) |
The WE177 air-launched nuclear bomb first entered service in Britain in 1966. It replaced a number of other earlier and physically larger British nuclear weapons, and was originally intended for use by the RAF’s Vulcan bomber force.
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Nuclear bombs work by enabling a chain reaction of uncontrolled nuclear fission to occur in a small mass of fissile material such as uranium or plutonium. The explosion from such a device is many times larger that that achieved many conventional explosives.
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[edit] In the Science Museum
The Museum acquired this object, on loan from the Royal Air Force Museum, in 2008 for the Dan Dare exhibition.
Inv: L2008-4008
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This object is currently on display in the Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum, London.