Blue Danube bomb
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The Blue Danube bomb was the United Kingdom’s first operational nuclear weapon, an early free-fall atomic bomb developed in the 1950s for delivery by strategic bombers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Danube nuclear bomb | 3 |
| Blue Danube bomb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10343570 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blue Danube bomb Context triple: [Vickers Valiant, nuclearWeaponCompatibility, Blue Danube bomb]
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A.
Bomba
Bomba is a traditional Afro-Puerto Rican musical and dance genre characterized by call-and-response singing, barrel drums, and improvisational interaction between dancers and drummers.
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B.
Operation Mondscheinsonate
Operation Mondscheinsonate was the German Luftwaffe’s code name for the devastating night-time air raid on the English city of Coventry during World War II in November 1940.
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C.
Der Bomber
Der Bomber is the famous nickname of German football legend Gerd Müller, renowned as one of the most prolific goal scorers in the history of the sport.
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D.
Las Bombas
Las Bombas is a Metrobús station in Mexico City that serves as a terminus on Line 5 of the bus rapid transit system.
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E.
Riffelriss
Riffelriss is a high-altitude railway station in the Bavarian Alps that serves as a stop on the route to Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blue Danube bomb Target entity description: The Blue Danube bomb was the United Kingdom’s first operational nuclear weapon, an early free-fall atomic bomb developed in the 1950s for delivery by strategic bombers.
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A.
Bomba
Bomba is a traditional Afro-Puerto Rican musical and dance genre characterized by call-and-response singing, barrel drums, and improvisational interaction between dancers and drummers.
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B.
Operation Mondscheinsonate
Operation Mondscheinsonate was the German Luftwaffe’s code name for the devastating night-time air raid on the English city of Coventry during World War II in November 1940.
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C.
Der Bomber
Der Bomber is the famous nickname of German football legend Gerd Müller, renowned as one of the most prolific goal scorers in the history of the sport.
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D.
Las Bombas
Las Bombas is a Metrobús station in Mexico City that serves as a terminus on Line 5 of the bus rapid transit system.
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E.
Riffelriss
Riffelriss is a high-altitude railway station in the Bavarian Alps that serves as a stop on the route to Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free-fall bomb
ⓘ
gravity bomb ⓘ nuclear weapon ⓘ thermonuclear-era fission bomb ⓘ |
| basedOn | experience from Operation Hurricane test ⓘ |
| category | Cold War nuclear bomb of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deliveryPlatform |
Avro Vulcan
ⓘ
Handley Page Victor ⓘ Vickers Valiant ⓘ
linked to:
Vickers Valiant bomber
|
| deploymentMethod | internal bomb bay carriage ⓘ |
| deploymentRole | strategic deterrent ⓘ |
| designedBy | Atomic Weapons Research Establishment ⓘ |
| designedFor | strategic bombing ⓘ |
| designedYieldOptions | variable yields around 10 kilotons ⓘ |
| designOrigin |
British nuclear weapons programme
ⓘ
linked to:
Nuclear history of the United Kingdom
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| developedIn | 1950s ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstTested | early 1950s ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | unguided free-fall ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first operational British nuclear bomb ⓘ |
| introduced | early 1950s ⓘ |
| length | approximately 24 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
The Blue Danube waltz
ⓘ
linked to:
The Blue Danube
|
| nuclearConfiguration | plutonium core fission device ⓘ |
| nuclearYield | approximately 10–12 kilotons of TNT ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | British nuclear deterrent ⓘ |
| productionStatus | limited production ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Red Beard
ⓘ
Yellow Sun ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | 1960s ⓘ |
| safetyFeatures | early mechanical safing systems ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1953 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| storageSites | RAF bases in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| testAssociation | British nuclear tests in Australia ⓘ |
| usedBy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | no ⓘ |
| warheadType | implosion-type fission warhead ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 10,000 pounds ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Blue Danube bomb Description of subject: The Blue Danube bomb was the United Kingdom’s first operational nuclear weapon, an early free-fall atomic bomb developed in the 1950s for delivery by strategic bombers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vickers Valiant bomber
linked to: Blue Danube bomb
linked to: Blue Danube bomb
linked to: Blue Danube bomb