Reply #13: Nuclear weapons certainly are not your area of expertise.

[PamW]

As per usual, you are expounding on areas of knowledge where you are totally lacking.

For the LLNL designed W-79 warhead, the term "enhanced radiation weapon" is perfect
for describing how this weapon differs from others. The term "neutron bomb" is the
misnomer.

That is readily apparent because the W-79 "neutron bomb" isn't a "bomb" at all - it
was an artillery shell.

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Allbombs.html

Plutonium linear implosion weapon, used in XM-753 atomic projectile (AFAP); Mod 0: dual capable - pure fission or enhanced radiation (ER of "neutron bomb")




Enhanced radiation is exactly what LLNL designed the weapon for. The three
major effects of nuclear weapons are blast, heat, and radiation. LLNL designed the
weapon to enhance the radiation component at the expense of blast and heat. Therefore,
it was much better at killing invading Soviet forces via the radiation with less blast
and heat in Europe where the cities and towns are more densely packed, and high blast
and heat effects are not desired.

PamW