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To: freeforall
Is this like the nuclear hand grenades Idi Amin accused Israel of using during its raid to free hostages in Uganda?
7 posted on 07/13/2002 9:48:39 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice
Amin probably just wanted a few of those grenades for himself, so he could microwave his meals while he was out and about...
18 posted on 07/13/2002 11:24:21 PM PDT by xm177e2
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Very doubtful.AFAIK, the minimum mass of plutonium/enriched uranium for fission to occur is at least 5kg; add to this conventional explosives and the containment, a hand grenade would weigh far too much to be practical.
Smallest nukes I know of would be 155mm artillery shells, which have been abandoned as too expensive.


19 posted on 02/07/2017 8:11:21 PM PST by JIMJFOX
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