A bomb or missile that uses nuclear energy to cause an explosion.
India tested its first nuclear device in 1974
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- The two countries have now openly developed nuclear devices.
- His task is to detonate a nuclear device.
- Some of the missing explosives are so powerful they could be used to trigger a nuclear device.
- They have tested nuclear devices and ballistic missiles.
- We are not as well prepared as we need to be to prevent a nuclear bomb or a nuclear device from being shipped into our country.
- In May, they tested a second nuclear device.
- After detonation of nuclear devices in the mid 1940s, the government's interest in understanding the effects of human radiation injuries intensified,
- We cannot rely on efforts to block terrorists from detonating nuclear devices.
- The group successfully assembled a nuclear device and exploded it in November 1947.
- Twelve full-scale nuclear devices were exploded in Australia at three sites.