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Xanthro--It's much much harder to make nuclear bomb that many give credit.
I just posted a Wikipedia article which provides all the information needed.
Wait, you're now saying that Wikipedia article will allow someone to create a nuclear bomb? Well, WTF is Iran doing, or terrorist groups, all the technical knowledge they need is on the Wiki, who knew.
Xanthro--Plus, all such nuclear explosions leave a signature trace that allows you to know where the uranium was mined, which could easily lead back to the country of development, which would then be destroyed.
Rather beside the point once the explosion has been accomplished, wouldn't you say?
No, because countries know it can be traced back to them, and this acts as a deterrent. Countries are not suicidal, even those like Iran who people advocate they are.
By the way, were you aware that your statement here is idiotic?
A great amount of heat and pressure must be applied to trigger an nuclear denotation.
I'm still waiting for your evidence, which isn't going to happen because it's not true. Because you don't know what you're talking about.
Since you are found of the Wiki, and you should be able to understand what's written there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_bomb
* Pure fission weapons were the first nuclear weapons built and the only type ever used in warfare. The active material is fissile uranium (U-235) or plutonium (Pu-239), explosively assembled into a chain-reacting critical mass by one of two methods:
o Gun assembly, in which one piece of fissile uranium is fired at a fissile uranium target at the end of the weapon, similar to firing a bullet down a gun barrel (plutonium can be used in this design, but it has proven to be impractical), or
o Implosion, in which a fissile mass of either material (U-235, Pu-239, or a combination) is surrounded by high explosives that compress the mass, resulting in criticality.
* Fusion-boosted fission weapons improve on the implosion design. The high temperature and pressure environment at the center of an exploding fission weapon compresses and heats a mixture of tritium and deuterium gas (heavy isotopes of hydrogen). The hydrogen fuses to form helium and free neutrons. The energy release from fusion reactions is relatively negligible, but each neutron starts a new fission chain reaction, greatly reducing the amount of fissile material that would otherwise be wasted. Boosting can more than double the weapon's fission energy release.
Emphasis added.
Even in standard fission weapons, you need high heat and compression (which are related, as you compress you create heat) on the polonium or tritium trigger.
BTW, the link won't actually let you build a nuclear weapon, despite all the big terms you don't understand.
It's clear now, that you think a pile of radioactive material is the same as a nuclear warhead. That if the pile is simply large enough it will create a nuclear blast. That's the only conclusion to what you've written. Is that not what you are saying?
