How does this discussion relate to Wikipedia?
Emily
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:07 PM, geni wrote:
2009/9/10 George Herbert
<george.herbert(a)gmail.com>om>:
This is wishful thinking, Geni.
Making really small H-bombs (100 kg) is slightly tricky - but medium
sized ones (1 ton) is not.
Uk's first attempt failed and India's probably did. I think that
qualifies as tricky.
And the explosive lenses get easier the more you
know about how to
make them. The 1945 vintage ones we show for [[Fat Man]] are far
harder to design and make than the ones used just 10 years later
for a
Brok / [[Mark 12 nuclear bomb]].
Which are easier to design, but bigger and therefore somewhat harder
to actually make, than the ones from five years after that in the
[[B-61 nuclear bomb]], which are conceptually quite simple (and not
that computationally hard). Which are harder to make, if a lot
easier
to calculate, than the [[W88]].
There are no WP:RS compatible sources one can cite for those
developments and details, and WP:NOT a bomb manual, but thinking that
they're that difficult just because they're not talked about widely
is
wishful thinking.
North Korean attempt failed which suggests that unless you have the
plans to hand explosive lenses take work to get right.
--
geni
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