Nuclear Warfare

Utilizes a “device, such as a bomb or warhead, whose great explosive power derives from the release of nuclear energy.” (2) Nuclear weapons are powered by atomic energy, rather than by a chemical processes. (3) “Nuclear weapons produce large explosions and hazardous radioactive by products by means of either nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. Nuclear weapons can be delivered by artillery, plane, ship, or ballistic missile (ICBM); some can also fit inside a suitcase. Tactical nuclear weapons can have the explosive power of a fraction of a kiloton (one kiloton equals 1,000 tons of TNT), while strategic nuclear weapons can produce thousands of kilotons of explosive force.” (3) 

Primary Weapons Atomic bombs hydrogen bombs nuclear warheads "suitcase" bombs An atomic bomb is “an explosive weapon of great destructive power derived from the rapid release of energy in the fission of heavy atomic nuclei, as of uranium 235.” (4)   A hydrogen bomb is “an explosive weapon of enormous destructive power caused by the fusion of the nuclei of various hydrogen isotopes in the formation of helium nuclei.” (5)
“A suitcase bomb is a bomb which uses a suitcase as its delivery method. While conventional bombs can be hidden in any type of container, suitcase bombs have been threats primarily in two different contexts: conventional bombs in suitcases on airplanes (where there are many suitcases, and where even a small bomb will cause a crash), and suitcases with small nuclear weapons inside (sometimes called suitcase nukes).” (7)