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To: Interesting Times

The author mixes a couple of things. First, it would not take a nuclear weapon, (hydrogen bomb.) An atomic bomb would be more than sufficient. Which is what I gather the author was trying to say.


5 posted on 03/21/2005 9:10:11 AM PST by D Rider
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To: D Rider
The author mixes a couple of things. First, it would not take a nuclear weapon, (hydrogen bomb.) An atomic bomb would be more than sufficient. Which is what I gather the author was trying to say.

The term "nuclear weapon" includes both fission (atomic) and fusion (hydrogen) bombs, so Dr. Corsi's statement is correct. The latter type of weapons is often described as "thermonuclear" due to the extremely high temperatures required to initiate a fusion reaction. Link.

10 posted on 03/21/2005 9:17:57 AM PST by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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Actually, the author qualified his remarks carefully. He indeed talks about a low-yield nuclear bomb.


40 posted on 03/21/2005 1:41:11 PM PST by RinaseaofDs (The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.)
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How did you come to the conclusion that "nuclear" means "hydrogen" and "atomic" does not?

Somehow you seem to have equated "nuclear" with "fusion" and "atomic" with "fission".
Via what process or set of definitions?
48 posted on 03/21/2005 5:51:26 PM PST by G Larry (Aggressively promote conservative judges!)
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