Blue Stone (neutron initiator)

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Blue Stone (a Rainbow Code) or Unit 386D ENI was the electronic neutron initiator for the first British operational high-yield strategic nuclear weapon, Violet Club.

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120314120957/http://www.mcis.soton.ac.uk/Site_Files/pdf/nuclear_history/glossary.pdf glossary of British nuclear weapons]
  • [http://www.nuclear-weapons.info/vw.htm#Violet%20Club Violet Club]

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