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If the story here is that the US DoE is now implicitly confirming common public-domain knowledge that can be found immediately on Wikipedia then sure, that's a
by gnfargbl 2y ago
If the story here is that the US DoE is now implicitly confirming common public-domain knowledge that can be found immediately on Wikipedia then sure, that's a story of minor interest. That story is nothing like the title of the blog, though!
- lazide 2y agospeculation can be found on Wikipedia, perhaps accurate speculation, perhaps not. DoE contractors leaking details that confirm that speculation would indeed be a big deal, and might well save adversaries some real time and mistakes they’d otherwise make.
- fragmede 2y agoOr it's a psyop designed to make adversaries waste their time on a design that couldn't work.
- lazide 2y agoSpooks man, goddamn spooks!
- why_only_15 2y agoIn the post he mentions why he thinks this is unlikely and is not a thing the US has done previously.
- fragmede 2y agothat's exactly what a CIA plant trying to get adversaries to buy into this drawing as being feasible to waste their time would say
- bathtub365 2y agoOne thing to keep in mind is that the author’s interest lies in the nature of nuclear secrecy, and not necessarily the secrets themselves. It’s a subtle distinction but I think explains why the author finds the fact that this type of diagram was officially released by a national lab interesting, even if the information has previously made its way to the public domain in other unofficial ways.