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The technology to make small, compact, high output thermonuclear weapons isn't out in the open nor is a lot of the technology used to reduce the CEP of ICBM war
by JaimeThompson 7y ago
The technology to make small, compact, high output thermonuclear weapons isn't out in the open nor is a lot of the technology used to reduce the CEP of ICBM warheads.
- monocasa 7y agoThe big thing we're missing for modern weapons is the nature of aerogel between the primary and secondary stages. You'll still get a nice boom if you screw that up.
- cwkoss 7y agoOoh neat, I had never heard about this use for aerogel. Do you have a speculation on the function of aerogel in a warhead? Useful for its thermal insulation properties?
- monocasa 7y agoIt's this stuff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOGBANK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOGBANK Basically we know why we want it (optimally igniting the second stage using the energy of the first stage), but we don't know exactly what it's made out of or the process for making it. We know it's gnarly, toxic stuff though.