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The Brits moved the plutonium or HEU (don’t remember which) for their first bomb around in quite ordinary lorries: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk_zpjK3cTo ht
by mauvehaus 6y ago
The Brits moved the plutonium or HEU (don’t remember which) for their first bomb around in quite ordinary lorries:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk_zpjK3cTo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk_zpjK3cTo
I’m not saying it’s a good idea, but there’s certainly precedent.
- floren 6y agoThe plutonium pit for the Trinity test was carried from Los Alamos to the test site in a 1942 Plymouth Special Deluxe: http://nuclearsciencemuseum.blogspot.com/2008/08/first-planes-no-trains-now-automobiles.html http://nuclearsciencemuseum.blogspot.com/2008/08/first-plane...
- catalogia 6y agoThe British still use trucks to transport their nuclear weapons. Search online for "TCHD Convoy" for some pictures. America also continues to use trucks, in some contexts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Nuclear_Material_Transport_Operations#Nuclear_weapon_transport_by_road https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Nuclear_Material_Trans...