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I wonder what that means for our "dial-a-yield" designs.. The B61 can be adjusted to 0.3KT, 1.5KT, 10KT, or 50KT. Is the 3% yield on the smallest possible se
by mikeyouse 3y ago
I wonder what that means for our "dial-a-yield" designs.. The B61 can be adjusted to 0.3KT, 1.5KT, 10KT, or 50KT. Is the 3% yield on the smallest possible setting or the largest? Some of them used to be 10kt or 350kt -- 3% could still be a massive explosion if applied to the latter.
- blibble 3y agopresumably the lowest as an exact sequence of events and states need to be present for the higher yields (e.g. gas for boosting needs to have been generated)
- the8472 3y agoPresumably those calculations are just based on the critical mass of fissile material, not based on design yield which would include a fusion-boost.
- denton-scratch 3y agoI think that to get the fusion boost, you need a highly-symmetric implosion, which isn't what you'd get by just toasting the TNT. Their 3% figure is presumably what they think you'd achieve by the bomb just "cooking off".
- the8472 3y agoThat's... what I wrote?