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Atomic bombs are useful for blowing stuff up (which requires detonating them) or threatening to blow stuff up (which requires other people knowing you possess t
by khuey 4y ago
Atomic bombs are useful for blowing stuff up (which requires detonating them) or threatening to blow stuff up (which requires other people knowing you possess them). "Laundering" a bomb that remains unknown for 50 years doesn't seem that useful.
- RichardHesketh 4y agoUnless it was taken apart by another state for research purposes…
- khuey 4y agoProbably easier to get your hands on some engineering documents than an entire bomb.
- MOARDONGZPLZ 4y agoSeems prima facie easy, but at least in the USA each part is certainly contained within a different special access program, and never the twain shall meet.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoAt least one country sees value in being deliberately ambiguous about possessing nuclear weapons.