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>"Gun-type" assembly is not used anymore even by new nuclear programs How can you assert this with such confidence?
by dTal 4y ago
>"Gun-type" assembly is not used anymore even by new nuclear programs
How can you assert this with such confidence?
- atemerev 4y agoBecause A.Q. Khan and other practitioners have shown that even if you have weapon-grade enriched uranium, it is better to work out a (relatively) crude implosion device, and it will still work better than gun-type.
- boomboomsubban 4y agoFrom Wikipedia >There are currently no known gun-type weapons in service: advanced nuclear weapon states tended to abandon the design in favor of the implosion-type weapons, boosted fission weapons, and thermonuclear weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-type_fission_weapon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-type_fission_weapon It seems like clearly the inferior method, the USSR never even bothered with them.
- smilespray 4y agoNot OP. Gun-type assemblies use uranium and are very wasteful in terms of fissile material. State-run nuclear programs have all gone for implosion designs, even North Korea.