Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is a type of weapon whose destructive power is drawn from nuclear reactions. Nuclear weaponry releases colossal amounts of energy in short spaces of time, producing some of the largest possible artificial explosions. In Vaestic contexts, nuclear weapons are referred to either as metacosmic weapons or, colloquially, as spirit bombs.

List of nuclear-armed nations

The following countries possess operational nuclear weapons (sorted in order of first test):

• Azophin (1950)
• Terophan (1952)
• Agamar (1966)
• Zeppengeran (1973)
• Savam (1974)
• Kiy (1976)
• Lutoborsk (1977)
• Siurskeyti (1981)
• Odann (1992)

Instances of use

Nuclear weapons continue to be tested regularly, and have been used "in wrath" on several occasions since their invention:

Event	Responsible Powers	Years	Region	Casualties	Weapons	Notes
Sea of Flames	Azophin Terophan	1957–58	Outer Joriscia	3–5 million dead	Fission-based nuclear shells of 5–20 kt yield delivered by artillery of the following classifications: "Emperor's Tear" 1000.A4 "Holy Storm" 1000.A5 "Execrator"	Began with the nuclear destruction of Reonir in the Makoom event. Led to a global nuclear winter of limited duration, the years without summers.
Ngababi event	Azophin	1991	Massam, Ascesia	250,000–500,000 dead	4 Enlightener-class SLBMs delivered from the submarine Ostrobor the Pious, carrying a total of 12 Phantasmagoria of Instantaneous and Wondrous Transcension warheads of 200 kt yield each
Dusk War	Agamar	2000	Adorac, Ascesia	500–1,000 dead	One 1.0 Mt thermonuclear bomb delivered by strategic bomber	"Demonstrative" detonation in the Tuwheranui steppe.