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Can be used for anything... This is scary...

Lithium deuteride was the fusion fuel of choice in early versions of the hydrogen bomb. When bombarded by neutrons, both 6Li and 7Li produce tritium. Tritium fuses with deuterium in a fusion reaction that is relatively easy to achieve. Although details remain secret, lithium apparently no longer plays a role in modern nuclear weapons, having been replaced entirely for the purpose by elemental tritium, which is lighter and easier to handle than lithium salts.

Lithium is used as a source for alpha particles, or helium nuclei. When 7Li is bombarded by accelerated protons, 8Be is formed, which undergoes spontaneous fission to form two alpha particles. This was the first man-made nuclear reaction, produced by Cockroft and Walton in 1929.

Lithium application in nuclear weapons industry is now strongly pursued in developing countries like India.

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I think I read a book from Tom Clancy a couple of years ago about terrorists able to buy hundreds of smoke detectors and taking the miniscule amount of the radioactive isotope out to boost fission upon an Israeli nuclear bomb, there was a movie made but I think that part was left out.

I am still saying in my posts we need to make an extreme stand, we need to do something drastic if not horrific to hold these threats upon the world at bay, myself I think a threat to destroy Mecca might get their attention.