[WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

[Emily Monroe]

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 at gmail.com>:
>> 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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