what is a "Hybrid Weapon"

[Money]

i know this topic doesnt to this area of the forum

but im pretty sure you guys can answer it

 

specifically what is a "hybrid tactical nuclear weapon"

[fattyjwoods]

check on google

ithink hitler tested one and made a couple more. its some kind of atomic bomb that is small. german scientists successfully made a couple suring the last days of the war thinking he could blow up london and change the tide. the germans had an atomic reactor in berlin. the Germans had as a "hybrid tactical nuclear weapon" much smaller than those dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

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http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=hybrid+tactical+nuclear+weapon&meta=

[grifter]

well, any tactical weapon is designed for use in a war, as oppose to a deterrent.. and hybrid implies that it is modified, and in someway combined with another device;

 

so, a "hybrid tactical nuclear weapon" would imply a "nuclear class" modified weapon for use in combat situations

 

it may be referring to the fission-fusion-fission bomb, which combines (as the name suggests)fusion and fission devices

[insane_alien]

i was thinking radiological bomb where there would be forced fission but just a fizzle. the explosives make the bang and the uranium makes a lot of radioactive isotopes but doesn't really contribute much to the explosive power.

[foodchain]

For instance the military has missiles, around say a 2,000 lb payload size used for busting bunkers, in this case you would have that save for it would be nuclear. I don’t know if that exists, buts its a perfect example of what you are looking for really. The difference being the missile is designed typically to get so much penetration into a substance for instance before detonation. SO they would take that technology and basically attach to it a nuclear warhead over whatever other compound for instance that was being used for the explosive. I personally do not understand that idea as the introduction of nuclear weapons in a war zone basically assumes the automatic reply of such by the other side or sides really. I think another reason for the advance of such technology is for the application of nuclear weapons at a smaller scale overall.