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To: ZGuy
Crude, compact U-235 gun would yield ~~ 10-30 ktons.

Fission triggered fusion which results in more fission due to a surrounding jacket is pretty much unlimited in yield and can be made quite small.

I've seen set-ups smaller than a washing machine that yield 250 ktons.

13 posted on 06/06/2006 5:40:30 PM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Truth has become so rare and precious she is always attended to by a bodyguard of lies.)
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To: AdamSelene235
I've seen set-ups smaller than a washing machine that yield 250 ktons.

Such a thing would need "initiater" replenishment by a skilled scientist every few weeks, no?

24 posted on 06/08/2006 9:35:51 PM PDT by Dosa26
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