(DoD, NATO) See airburst; fallout safe height of burst; height of burst; high altitude burst; low airburst; nuclear airburst; nuclear exoatmospheric burst; nuclear contact-surface burst; nuclear proximity-surface burst; nuclear underground burst; nuclear underwater burst; optimum height of burst; safe burst height.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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