[MNJohnnie]

I don't know enough nuclear science is Platonium the only way to get a bomb? It would be typical Clintonite tactics to be technically factual by making a disingenuous statement. Maybe he did not "make plutonium" then but he sure built his bomb during the Clinton regime.

[Phsstpok]

you can make a nuke from uranium, but plutonium provides some advantages. The uranium must be "enhanced" if it is gathered from either yellow cake or spent fuel for a nuclear reactor.

Again, from having started re-reading the Tom Clancy "Jack Ryan" books may I recommmend Sum Of All Fears for a good background on preparing a "physics package" for a nuke.  Clancy explicitely messes up some of the details, but it gives a good grounding in the physics.  It's not technically difficult, once it has been figured out.  It just requires the right education and the right tools.  Unfortunately much of that education and tooling is no more advanced than what a dispensing optician has at your mall optician.

[AliVeritas]

Did you see the CQ take on Hoekstra, NYT?
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/007435.php


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