To: Mark17
Call me naive if you will, but how does one go about smuggling such a weapon? I mean could this thing, in reality, but put in a suitcase? Probably float it in on a barge or something.
A 10kt nuke is tactical ballistic missile sized. So think a lot smaller, say the shipping box for a 21" monitor or two.
25 posted on
03/03/2002 7:50:49 AM PST by
cidrasm
To: cidrasm
GOD FORBID WE RACIALLY PROFILE
To: cidrasm
"A 10kt nuke is tactical ballistic missile sized. So think a lot smaller, say the shipping box for a 21" monitor or two."
That is a HUGE box!! All the moreso if it is TWO boxes! Have you seen just how BIG those 21 inch monitor boxes are??
27 posted on
03/03/2002 8:02:15 AM PST by
Windsong
To: cidrasm
A 10 kT nuclear weapon is mostly a fission device using Plutonium 239 that is imploded like they did on
Fat Man. You'll probably need about 3-4 kilograms of Pu-239 for such a device, too.
Such a bomb--even with the latest bomb designs--would easily weigh nearly 50 kilograms in weight and also need at least a minivan with all the rear seats removed to move it around.
To: cidrasm
A 10kt nuke is tactical ballistic missile sized. So think a lot smaller, say the shipping box for a 21" monitor or two.Ouch, even worse than I thought. I am sure these dirt bags would do it if they could.
79 posted on
03/03/2002 11:05:58 AM PST by
Mark17
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