Actually, plutonium is hard to make a bomb out of – the simple design of the first U235 device (which wasn’t even test-fired before being dropped) simply won’t work with plutonium. That requires very precise geometry and timing, which is not easy to achieve.
sbchamp over 10 years ago
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Mark Jackson Premium Member over 10 years ago
Actually, plutonium is hard to make a bomb out of – the simple design of the first U235 device (which wasn’t even test-fired before being dropped) simply won’t work with plutonium. That requires very precise geometry and timing, which is not easy to achieve.