To: Southack
What...you going to go off on a nitpicking safari over the dumbing-down I did of that rather complex series of events too?
How many times do I have to go over this whole fission-fusion-fission thing? Sheesh...
226 posted on
12/24/2003 12:35:02 PM PST by
Prime Choice
(Americans are a spiritual people. We're happy to help members of al Qaeda meet God.)
To: Prime Choice
"How many times do I have to go over this whole fission-fusion-fission thing?" 
Just until you finally get it right for once, then I suspect most posters will leave you be.
228 posted on
12/24/2003 1:09:51 PM PST by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Prime Choice; Southack; Boot Hill
I dunno how far you dumbed down your "facts", but you leave a lot to nitpick. First off, testing of the super started in 52 not 54. The first h-bomb test was NOT a fission-fusion-fission thingy at all. The first was Mike, or Sausage device. In US history we have deployed only One 3 stage weapon, the b-41 bomb. The two 3 stage tests conducted were during Op Redwing in 1956. Zuni and Tewa. Bassoon and Bassoon Prime. One clean, one dirty. Do you know what makes one clean and the other not so clean? Redwing Navajo was the cleanest thermonuclear test conducted by US. It was a two stage device. What made it the cleanest?
Three stagers are obsolete in the US. Have been for decades. We dont even have aircraft that could deliver a 41 anymore. One more nitpick. Fat Man, aka Trinity device, aka Mk-3 bomb yielded 20 kilotons not 12.5.
On a lighter note, I liked your mushroom head Dashheel on your user page. Looks like a Redwing shot. Mohawk to be exact.
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