Even a "clean" lreapon generates some rad.ioactivity, hovever, both as debri.s from the fission trigger and tritium and as "induced activity" caused by the massive out ffux of neutrons from the explosion. s \ 3/ Nuclear ?roliferation Factbook, prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, United States Governrent Printing Office, 23 SepLember I)77 , p.3BZ.A1351392 Eng.J.ish Annex Page 12 P , I,onp.jranlc delivery 18. Tlre nuclear explosive ean be carried to tbe intentled target by various delivetry vehicles. Anong then, the land-based intef,continental ballistic nissile ( Icr;i4) is consiclared hichly reli.able and accurate, i.e. a large fraction is reacly to be launched at an;r time anil would be able to reach and destroy thei.r tarilets. The carriers are :ruLtista€le rockets with an intereontinental range of utl to 13,000 ks. or 7,ooo nautica.I niles (one nei is 1.852 kn.)" based in "hardened" silos and linked up to an eLaborate system of cor:nand. and controf' The term "bellistic" derives fron the Eotion of the re-.entry vehicle (Rv) vhich is governed by inertia" ancL gravity after separation fron the rocket. fhe shape of the RV is chosen to rniniuize draG u?on re-entry into the at$osphere, so as to naintain accuracy unaler variable vinds and to render the hi€h-speed. RV alifficul,t to defend against. The t"ansit tiue of the fcBli ovet its intercontinental" range is about 30 sinutes. Figure I indicates the size of the areas covered by such long -range nissiles "N3rl392bgush Anaar PrgG L3 G {l oe E dq ! I(, rt, t E () !a, a IU I il tt o c{, tl o E EVt.0! oal9E ., agql a t {lE a e Eo o q - E ; HFDct EAl35/392 English Annex raae -L4
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