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I know some details. (It is plutonium, not uranium). Any yield, even fizzle yield, is impossible by simply igniting the explosives around the core. Again, it is
by atemerev 6y ago
I know some details. (It is plutonium, not uranium). Any yield, even fizzle yield, is impossible by simply igniting the explosives around the core. Again, it is not in pre-critical configuration yet at this point. Arming the device, i.e. assembling the initial configuration, is an incredibly complicated and precise process. It is so beautiful from the engineering point of view.
- aerostable_slug 6y agoYou don't seem to get it. The object of the exercise is not nuclear yield. BTW, you can physically damage fissile material that needs to be in a particular physical configuration with neutrons and/or x-rays. One is not trying to detonate the weapon, but rather render it in a state where it cannot reach the desired yield (preferably none at all, of course).