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To: Orangedog
"To Hell with the dirty bomb. Properly used that is enough to make a device that could level Manhattan"

Yeah i thought the HEU was the good stuff, not for dirty bombs. 37 lbs?! How much was in the Hiroshima bomb?

8 posted on 12/23/2003 6:06:46 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: No Blue States
How much was in the Hiroshima bomb?

Apparently not enough, hence the need for Nagasaki.

11 posted on 12/23/2003 6:08:40 PM PST by randog (Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
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To: No Blue States
How much was in the Hiroshima bomb?

About 140 pounds, but that was back when the equipment and methods were pretty crude. Today 37 pounds is enough.

Here's the real question. Where was it made and how much more has already been produced and delivered from that facility?

16 posted on 12/23/2003 6:12:19 PM PST by Orangedog (Remain calm...all is well! [/sarcasm])
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To: No Blue States
Yeah i thought the HEU was the good stuff, not for dirty bombs. 37 lbs?! How much was in the Hiroshima bomb?

"The IAEA defines a "significant quantity" (SQ) of HEU, the amount needed to make a nuclear bomb, as 25 kilograms." Source

25 kg = 55.115 pounds. Almost.

17 posted on 12/23/2003 6:13:08 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: No Blue States
How much was in the Hiroshima bomb?

That bomb had 110 pounds on enriched Uranium in a concave/bullet spherical configuration necessary to facilitate a chain reaction. The bomb had a 12.5 kiloton explosive yield.

The Nagasaki bomb held 35 pounds of Plutonium with a 32-part implosion detonator coupled with a Beryllium/Polonium injector in order to facilitate the chain reaction. That bomb also had a 12.5 kilton explosive yield.

Thermonuclear (fusion) bombs are another story altogether...

40 posted on 12/23/2003 6:29:49 PM PST by Prime Choice (Americans are a spiritual people. We're happy to help members of al Qaeda meet God.)
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To: No Blue States
220 lbs.
90 posted on 12/23/2003 7:43:38 PM PST by Beck_isright (This tag line edited by the 9th Circuit Court due to offensive political commentary)
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