3 ms·
Maybe he designed a geometry that can achieve the required implosion speeds with slow, easily available explosives ex. AN, KN, AP etc. The size of the device (a
by manholio 4y ago
Maybe he designed a geometry that can achieve the required implosion speeds with slow, easily available explosives ex. AN, KN, AP etc. The size of the device (a container) seems to suggest this.
The actual initiation is the easy part and would have been easy in the 70s, exploding wires that are subjected to a number of kilo Ameperes by some kind of avalanche, solid state switch.
- topynate 4y agoI meant a modulated neutron initiator, not the explosive detonator. India was still using vapour deposition of polonium to make theirs, around the same time. I'm no engineer but that sounds like it costs a lot more than $2000.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- baybal2 4y ago
- Xx25 4y agoHN never ceases to surprise! I am really curious how you happen to know such details about India's nuclear bomb.
- danbruc 4y agoThe internet probably. [1] [1] https://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaSmiling.html https://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaSmiling.html