On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 5:40 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually it doesn't seem hard to make an atomic bomb if you have the > materials. >
Yes, if you had some Plutonium or U235 and knew a little about chemical explosives and how to cast metals you could make a A-bomb. Going from there to using X-rays to evenly compress and heat deuterium and lithium to produce a H-bomb would not require more exotic materials (you can buy deuterium on E-bay) just more knowledge, but you can get most of that on the internet too. > > It's kind of surprising no one has done so (or stolen one for ransom, as > per "Thunderball".) > Yes, if you told me the day after Nagasaki that another such bomb would not be used in anger for at least 70 years I would have said you were hopelessly naive, and yet that is what happened. I would also have been surprised to know that the second half of the 20'th century was far less bloody than the firs halft. Although much maligned I think it's safe to say that up to now at least nuclear weapons have saved far more lives than they killed. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
