To: SpaceBar; Ben Mugged
Yeah, I tend to question this as well. A nuke just don't go BOOM because someone beats on it, kicks it, or worse. Fully armed nuclear weapons have survived impact with the ground when accidentally released from tens of thousands of feet and none every went nuclear.
18 posted on
12/16/2006 7:27:08 PM PST by
COEXERJ145
(Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
To: COEXERJ145
I agree... also there seems to be a security leak...
To: COEXERJ145
Yeah, I tend to question this as well. A nuke just don't go BOOM because someone beats on it, kicks it, or worse. Fully armed nuclear weapons have survived impact with the ground when accidentally released from tens of thousands of feet and none every went nuclear.Quite right. The high explosive trigger (which may be several tens of pounds, if not hundreds) is the real danger.
23 posted on
12/16/2006 7:32:26 PM PST by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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