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To: pabianice

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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To: JIMJFOX; sargon; freeforall

Yes, and freeforall has not been heard from since 2010.


22 posted on 02/07/2017 9:03:23 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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