Posted on 03/18/2017 8:00:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin
See my post #40
The Five Stupidest Nuclear Weapons
http://www.weirdworm.com/the-five-stupidest-nuclear-weapons/
Our topic of discussion is mentioned.
I always thought the Davy Crockett was pulled for political reasons. What immediately occurred to me was whether you really wanted some Army major or colonel in charge of a battalion to make the decision to use nuclear weapons against the Soviets.
Funniest thing i’ve read in a long time!! :)
Guy has great sense of humor.
But his communist side peeks out here:
destroying half of Britain and irradiating the other half is vastly preferable to allowing people with a different economic system from you to control your land...
If he really thinks communism is just a different economic system, then he is VERY smart in some ways and BRUTALLY stupid in others.
Like me :)
I thought it was pretty funny.
I am all right wing, but have a few left wing friends. I still get along with the few sane ones. They don’t quite get me, but seldom degrade conversation.
Some of my Syrian Kurd friends (more communal than communist) don’t get the dark side. But I really like them.
Before I posted I saw the Californium listing on wikipedia but really - which country has the ability to make sufficient amounts of Californium:)
Helium, iron, and just about anything. Only problem is it needs to be in a star that is collapsing before it goes super nova. Super Novas are a bit difficult to carry around. In the real world the smallest nukes will be plutonium with a critical mass of about 10 kilograms. The bomb mechanism would weigh more than the plutonium.
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