Really? It isn’t? It is an explosion using radioactive materials.
I know it isn’t what is referred to as a “nuclear bomb”. But you do know that a lot of people do not know the difference.
A dirty bomb can be more devastating to life then a nuclear bomb. What do you think a neutron bomb is? Basically a highly sophisticated dirty bomb. Spread as much radiation as possible. Same idea, different mechanics.
You said, “Really? It isn’t? It is an explosion using radioactive materials.”
Yes, really, it isn’t. In no way, shape, or form is a chemical bomb related to a nuclear bomb. They are many magnitudes different in destructive power and consequence.
You said, “I know it isn’t what is referred to as a “nuclear bomb”. But you do know that a lot of people do not know the difference.”
And yet you just said/implied above that there was very little difference. I did say that FEAR is the major impact of this kind of weapon. This fear is generated by being uninformed. A “dirty bomb” has been hyped to be as destructive as a nuke when it cannot be. Apparently you have bought into this.
You said, “A dirty bomb can be more devastating to life then a nuclear bomb. What do you think a neutron bomb is? Basically a highly sophisticated dirty bomb. Spread as much radiation as possible. Same idea, different mechanics.”
Where to start. If a dirty bomb can be even More devasting to life than a nuke, then why do we not mount much cheaper dirty bombs on our ICBMs? Think of the budget savings! A little C4, a little raw uranium, voila.
One can make a dirty bomb from any number of common everyday items, and you claim it would be worse than a nuke. Please.
And no, a neutron bomb is NOT a sophisticated dirty bomb. A dirty bomb uses a chemical explosion to disperse an existing load of contamination, nothing new is generated, no nuclear reactions occur. A neutron bomb uses a nuclear reaction to generate a large pulse of neutron radiation that is destructive only to life, not property. It does not spread radioa tivity. In fact that property is what made it attractive to use. So, no they are not the same.