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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
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?
As MAY recall, Bush was actually elected twice. I voted for him the first time and not the second. Wow, imagine someone enacting his right to vote for whomever he wants.
The reason I came out swinging at you, is that you debate like a child. "fuck off", etc. Once you reduce yourself to name calling you lose.
Call me a neocon if you wish, but I am not even sure what that is. Do you? Really, other than the bile you spew, do you know what it is? I could care less what it means. I am an American. I happen to love my country and thank God that I am fortunate enough to live here.
I suspect, on the other hand, that you are a bitter, reactionary chronic wannabe who desperately wants to be heard, but no one in the real world would listen to so you spew nonsense here. I could be wrong, but I think not. Dude, grow up. There are better more effective word in the English language to argue you point. Please use them.
You remind me of conservatives in the late 90's that could beat President Clinton, so you wanted to have him impeached. Your hatred for President Bush obfuscates your ability to think clearly. Democrats were elected to House and Senate majority because they were the anti-Bush, but they haven't really capitalized on that, have they?
In terms of nukes, I am not a physicist, nor would I want to be. I can tell you that I have been to Hiroshima, and visited the museum there. I walked the city and observed the drastic contract of the layout of the city to the rest of Japan. I can tell you that it is a very humbling experience. I also know that without dropping those two bombs, the US and Japanese casualties would have been far greater had we attempted an invasion. I am glad Harry Truman had to make that call instead of me.
Good night Godot, and lighten up a little. You will live longer.
Enjoy your poverty and your enslavement, Texan.
Mealy-mouthed slime artists like yourself deserve it.
And you know it's coming.
Old Texan: Enjoy your poverty and your enslavement, Texan. Mealy-mouthed slime artists like yourself deserve it. And you know it's coming. -- Godot.
I'm not much for inter-mural pissing contests. Isn't there a way to flag such off-topic posts into the garbage, so that no one has to read past ignorant, rude, crude adolescent crap to get to on-topic postings, which might be serious - possibly even valuable. This bitchy banter is pointless & annoying. I'm sure it turns people off from reading entire threads.
I'm the last person to suggest censorship, but there can be standards (of focus: does this posting even remotely relate to the topic; and standards of civility --- even if sometimes, in serious discussions, there are serious disagreements where the only appropriate response is "fuck you." Then say it, end the dialogue and move on.) This back&forth blather clogs the works. Certainly, no one is waiting for this Godot.
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