[eastforker]

The gun method of making a nuclear bomb is easy if you have the right material, nothing complicated about it. No, it is not gonna be a megaton explosion but it doesn't have to be, any nuclear device will create havoc and panic and that is their goal.

[COEXERJ145]

Yes I know. I've done plenty of research into the history of nuclear weapons. That was one of the reasons the scientists on the Manhattan Project didn't fell the need to test the design that was used in "Little Boy". It was so simple they were sure it would work. The other reason was they didn't have enough Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) to make two bombs.

Of course the problem with that is producing enough HEU to make the bomb. Refining HEU presents its own series of problems that take time to overcome.