Enhanced Radiation Warhead

Japanese: enhanced radiation warhead(英語表記)enhancedradiationwarhead
Enhanced Radiation Warhead

...A nuclear weapon that increases the proportion of radiation released by a nuclear explosion and suppresses the effects of the blast, heat rays, and residual radiation. More precisely, it is called an enhanced radiation warhead. Generally, nuclear weapons with a yield of 10 kt or less have the greatest radiation effect, but a radiation-enhanced warhead is a small (1-2 kt yield) nuclear fusion weapon (hydrogen bomb) that increases the emission of radiation (especially neutrons).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "enhanced radiation warhead" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…核爆発によって放出される放射線の割合を増大させ,爆風,熱線,残留放射線の効果を抑制した核兵器。正確には放射線強化弾頭enhanced radiation warheadと呼ばれる。一般に出力10kt以下の核兵器では放射線効果が最大となるが,放射線強化弾頭は放射線(とくに中性子)の放出を増大させた小型(出力1~2kt)の核融合兵器(水素爆弾)である。…

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