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>That won't go unnoticed. Given the size of the pit that would probably literally melt the pit right out of the warhead.

• titzer 6y ago
  Which would pretty much be mission accomplished. Cleaning up a spill of pure plutonium would be an extremely lengthy process, months or maybe even years. It would contaminate the entire room/building/ship.
  • gpm 6y ago
    Unless they noticed before it melted out, and launched the thing...
    • nordsieck 6y ago
      > Unless they noticed before it melted out, and launched the thing... 1. They'd know who to launch it at 2. You can't just launch 1 nuke - it's all or nothing. And for the most part, it's probably nothing: countries besides the US and Russia just don't have very deep nuclear stockpiles[1]. ___ 1. https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohasw...
      • rbanffy 6y ago
        > 1. They'd know who to launch it at Not really. "If we detect such an attack, we'll launch against you both. Make sure nobody on your side develops such a weapon". It's called "MAD" for a reason.