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For nuclear weapons, do you really need that much power to detonate the TATP? Or are you talking about the kinds of detonators you'd need for pure fusion device
by sterlind 6y ago
For nuclear weapons, do you really need that much power to detonate the TATP? Or are you talking about the kinds of detonators you'd need for pure fusion devices?
- Animats 6y agoNot really. The usual setup is charging up a capacitor and discharging it through a "detonator" which is just a resistor. The resistor explodes and starts the main explosive. This is done to get synchronized detonation of all detonators, which is needed for symmetrical implosion. But that problem was solved in the 1940s and the power supply has been tiny since the 1960s. So it's not a problem that needs solving. This is all on Wikipedia.