U238 bomb? That would be some trick unless you mean dirty bomb. The encyclopedias say U235 is the fissile isotope (actually U236 -- which is what happens when U235 catches a neutron).
U238 bomb? That would be some trick unless you mean dirty bomb. The encyclopedias say U235 is the fissile isotope (actually U236 -- which is what happens when U235 catches a neutron).Man, that's some old-fashioned stuff. Anyways, if either side gets a "false alarm", perpetrated by accident or by some third party provocateur mischief-maker, and them missles are gonna fly, and they ain't no calling them back. Only takes one little itchy trigger finger..... boom boom boom boom boom.