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Israel launches attack on Iran | US bombs Iran nuke sites

It was predicted by Rutherford but I'm not sure that model was very well accepted. It doesn't matter. We both agree that physics has come a long way since then. We didn't even know about quarks until the 60s.
It's fascinating to look back and the progress made between the early 1900s through 1960s. The rate of contributions was incredible.
 
I just find it interesting, once again, that these ground rules only apply to certain posters. For instance, no one seemed to mind another poster claiming that tens of thousands of American soldiers are going to die now. We're OK with alarmism but not the opposite.

Of course no one knows what is going to happen in the future. I posted my opinion, just like others did. But only some opinions are tolerated, it seems.
Lol, its not that anyone "minds" or doesn't mind what I post. They know im posting genuinely and not from some contrarian trolling bullshit perspective. You've done the latter so many times that indeed you're almost.always going to catch hell even if people agree with you.
 
While those are the only two times the US has used/tested "Gun" type uranium bombs, it does somewhat speak to the relative ease/confidence with which they can be constructed. And that relative ease/confidence might be alluring to a place like Iran.
Sure. They just aren't that powerful. Remember: nukes are supposed to be detonated above ground, like 1000 feet or more. It gives the shockwave more time to expand and destroy. Iran would not likely be detonating at that altitude, so the actual force of the bomb would be considerably less. I don't think they are going to all this trouble to develop a half Little Boy bomb.
 
I'm glad you are a lawyer, Super. Given that you claim to be an expert in this area, perhaps you can clear something up for the rest of us. If someone makes an allegation against someone else, and the person that the allegation is made against denies the allegation, does this denial in fact mean that the person issuing the denial is guilty? For example, if I say "my best friend John slept with my wife", and John says, "What? That's ridiculous, of course I didn't do that!", does that mean that John screwed my wife? Because that's what the "hit dog hollers" argument implies, and I have always found that this argument was incredibly stupid.
A hit dog hollers is the redneck version of the "lady doth protest too much, methinks." Its validity depends on context. A single denial as in your example here, I would not say hit dog hollers. But we all understand the circumstances in which the expression is descriptive. I have no opinion on your dispute because I didn't even really follow the discussion.
 
Sure. They just aren't that powerful. Remember: nukes are supposed to be detonated above ground, like 1000 feet or more. It gives the shockwave more time to expand and destroy. Iran would not likely be detonating at that altitude, so the actual force of the bomb would be considerably less. I don't think they are going to all this trouble to develop a half Little Boy bomb.
Can a little boy type bomb not be used as the first stage of a thermonuclear bomb?
 
Can a little boy type bomb not be used as the first stage of a thermonuclear bomb?
Yes, but then you have to make the second stage. Actually, I don't know how powerful the fission reaction has to be to set off the fusion reaction -- I'm pretty sure, though not 100%, that Teller's H-Bomb used a plutonium fuel, not uranium. Not sure if that's required.

The problem is that the second stage is even harder. Li has to be enriched to like 50% Li-6 and that's difficult to do, for reasons I don't entirely understand because I've never cared to look them up. Stankey might know.
 
Yes, but then you have to make the second stage. Actually, I don't know how powerful the fission reaction has to be to set off the fusion reaction -- I'm pretty sure, though not 100%, that Teller's H-Bomb used a plutonium fuel, not uranium. Not sure if that's required.

The problem is that the second stage is even harder. Li has to be enriched to like 50% Li-6 and that's difficult to do, for reasons I don't entirely understand because I've never cared to look them up. Stankey might know.
I don't really know (we never studied weapon construction in school), but I think it's because of a small mass difference and being solid.
 
Don't worry, folks. This is all part of the master plan by the supreme leader Trump. We all know he could end all the wars with one phone call. He said it so it must be true. He must have a good reason why he hasn't done it yet. We are just too simple to understand the brilliance of Trump.
 
What do you expect them to do after he tore up the last deal they had? How could anyone trust him? He’s a loose cannon who talks a big game but, in actuality, is a horrible negotiator.
Bullshit. His sticking point was no nukes. Iran balked at that so there was no negotiation possible. He tried several times before bombing but they wouldn’t agree. A true FAFO
 
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