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A Gnomon device would probably be a few hundred tons and a Sundial a few thousand tons - hence the delivery mechanism for the latter on Teller's blackboard appa
by arethuza 3y ago
A Gnomon device would probably be a few hundred tons and a Sundial a few thousand tons - hence the delivery mechanism for the latter on Teller's blackboard apparently being "backyard":
https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2012/09/12/in-search-of-a-bigger-boom/ https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2012/09/12/in-search-of-a-bi...
- the8472 3y agoWith modern nuclear weapons design they could probably be a lot lighter. Speculation has it that the US can now build fusion secondaries without the heavy pusher.