How does this discussion relate to Wikipedia? Emily On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:07 PM, geni wrote:
> 2009/9/10 George Herbert <george.herb...@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 > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l