The neutron bomb is an incredibly strange weapon. From the
profile: Cohen came up with a design for a warhead about one-
tenth as powerful as the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. If it
was detonated at 3,000 feet above ground level, its blast
effects would be negligible while its neutron radiation would be
powerful enough to cause death within a circle about one mile in
diameter. This was the battlefield weapon that came to be known
as the neutron bomb.No matter how you feel about nuclear
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a weapon obviously would be more civilized than large-scale
hydrogen bombs, and would also be more humane than conventional
bombs, because it would create an all-or-nothing, live-or-die
scenario in which no one would be wounded. A stream of neutrons
cannot maim people. It will not burn their flesh, spill their
blood, or break their bones. Those who receive a non-lethal dose
will recover after a period