It is beautiful. It’s born from the concentric symmetry of the device itself. The metals named after the Kings of Hell. The elegance of the physics. Of storms of neutrons denser than rock. Of X-rays … (View Post)

It’s more about detonation altitude. Both Nagasaki and Hiroshima were air busts - very little lingering radiation. Those who died, died from the prompt radiation from the bombs themselves, not fallou… (View Post)

Most believe that Israel achieved fission devices in the late 60s. The largest pure fission plutonium bomb ever fired was French, at 225Kt I believe. With access to 90% enriched uranium, the American… (View Post)

Which is why Israel has so many nukes - its policy is to utterly destroy, if defeated, all counties it is at war with. So if a country is doing the performative “Death to Israel, but we don’t actuall… (View Post)

a Given the level Israeli intelligence so far, the Iranians probably transferred it to Dimona. (View Post)