2009/9/10 George Herbert <[email protected]>: > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
