[Pollster1]

Is 46 kilograms about 100 pounds? Seems like a lot.

That is a lot, unless these nuclear terrorists are shockingly incompetent. Are they hiring real nuclear physicists and engineers to design their weapon or just Gender Studies majors?

[IndispensableDestiny]

Is 46 kilograms about 100 pounds? Seems like a lot.

That is a lot, unless these nuclear terrorists are shockingly incompetent. Are they hiring real nuclear physicists and engineers to design their weapon or just Gender Studies majors?

Little Boy contained 64 kg of HEU. Only about 1 kg fissioned. That's the nature of a gun type design.