Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is a type of weapon whose destructive power lies upon nuclear reactions, or the energy that comes from the combining or splitting of atomic nuclei.

In the Ace Combat world
Nuclear ordnance in the world of Strangereal behaves similarly to the one in our world, although the development of such weaponry is not known in its entirety.

The first known development of nuclear weapons was carried out by the Belkan Federation (formerly named the "Principality of Belka") in the 1970s, when Belkan government began "Project Pendragon", a plan whose ultinate objective was the construction of weapons for homeland security purposes, under the leadership of the scientist Anton Kupchenko. Among the weapons developed was the V-2 Mass Retaliation Weapon, a MIRV (multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle) missile capable of striking several targets after the separation of the delivery bus in the atmosphere. The V2 itself is able to use up to eight W87 nuclear warheads, which were presumably also made by Belka.