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Japan already has several tones of plutonium sitting around as well as a solid fuel rocket system that can put things in orbit.
by wbl 4y ago
Japan already has several tones of plutonium sitting around as well as a solid fuel rocket system that can put things in orbit.
- pfdietz 4y agoJapan's breeder program can be thought of as providing a rationale for accumulating thousands of weapons worth of reactor-grade plutonium (and yes, reactor grade Pu can be used in weapons, with some effort.)
- peterfirefly 4y agoGiven its neighbours, I'd say that is an extraordinarily happy coincidence...
- m4rtink 4y agoAnd the solid fuel space launch rocket is even consistently advertised as highly automated & requiring minimal personnel to launch. Wink wink, nudge nudge. ~_^