Learn WMD
A Learning Commons For Better Understanding Weapons of Mass Destruction
Relevant Science and Mechanics
In this section you will find information detailing the relevant science and mechanics behind weapons of mass destruction. Sources range from introductory to advanced levels, and all direct links are underlined.
Nuclear Fission and Fusion
Nuclear Weapons Science and Design
Union of Concerned Scientists: How do nuclear weapons work
Simple introduction to the science of a nuclear bomb (and a second source)
Atomic Heritage: Science behind the atomic bomb
Nuclear weapon gun design (and a second source)
Wisconsin Project: Nuclear weapons
Stanford University: The Physics of Nuclear Weapons
Uranium Production and Enrichment
Centrifuges and Uranium Enrichment
NTI: Uranium Enrichment Tutorial
Basic information on enrichment and nuclear fuel fabrication
How to convert uranium from ore into fuel
Biological and Chemical Weapons
The basics of chemical and biological weapons
The science behind chemical and biological warfare
Introduction to Biological Warfare
RAND: Biological Weapons and Warfare
FAS: Biological Weapons
Additional information on biological weapons
News report on chemical weapons in Syria
Missiles and Rockets
Introduction to delivery vehicles
Additional introduction to delivery vehicles
Basic introduction to missiles
How cruise missiles work
FAS: Air Launched Cruise Missile
Range of a cruise missile
Tomahawk cruise missile technology
Long-range Stand Off weapons
Strategic missiles
RAND: Ballistic Missiles
Design and manufacturing of ballistic missiles
Princeton: Simulating ballistic missiles
Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles
Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicles
MIRV continued
Harvard: technology of reentry vehicles
Missile Defense
Introduction to ballistic missile defense
Union of concerned scientists: ballistic missile defense
Making sense of ballistic missile defense
Ballistic missile defense backgrounder
Missile concept optimization for missile defense
The science, technology, and politics of missile defense
Missile Defense Agency: Systems
Interactive Tutorials, Videos, and Additional Useful Sources
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
NTI Tutorials
NTI biological weapons tutorial
NATO missile defense video and overview