USA accidentaly sells nuke components

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:05 pm

Cpl Kendall wrote:It's the timing that's hard to nail down. Those where also "gun-type" nukes, not the more modern type where explosives are arranged around the fissile material and set off to compress it to critical mass. Gun-type warheads just smash together the material, easier to make but higher dud rate and less power.

No, actually, the first nuclear bomb ever exploded was an implosion type bomb. The Hiroshima bomb was a gun type, but the Nagasaki bomb was also an implosion device.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:10 pm

Then some assembly plant somewhere would be trying to fit toilet paper rolls into the detonation mechanism of an ICBM.

Great, now I have a mental image of Moscow being showered in toilet paper if WW3 breaks out.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:25 pm

GrahamKennedy wrote:
No, actually, the first nuclear bomb ever exploded was an implosion type bomb. The Hiroshima bomb was a gun type, but the Nagasaki bomb was also an implosion device.

And this somehow changes the technical challenge of timing? The US had the full resources of a nation involved in the construction. A nation that's industry wasn't even operating at full production. As well as the backing of installations in Canada and the UK, it took four years to even detonate a bomb.

Contrast that with Iran, North Korea or Pakistan. The first two have barely enough resources to get two sticks to make fire with and Pakistan was simply incompetant. As well as the fact that this information is not just simply out there to take. Nuclear fuses and triggers are highly classified and restricted information and technology. Unless someone shares it with you, you have to develop it yourself. That involves a fair bit of trial and error, see North Korea with it's duds (they were dumb enough to buy the plans from Pakistan whose first bomb failed in the same manner).

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:54 pm

ChakatBlackstar wrote:
Deepcrush wrote:
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Which is the nuke, and which is off of my toilet paper roll?
The second one is the nuke

Wrong, its out of the back of my broken cell phone, plus an 'a' in front to make then the same count.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:37 pm

Does that mean the first one's a nuke?

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:51 pm

No, that was off of the toilet paper roll.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:06 pm

Damn! Rochey was hoping to use that code to order through mail-order "Nukes R Us."

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:12 pm

Curses! My plan to start World War Three has been foiled again!
*twirls moustache*

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:25 pm

Damn! Rochey was hoping to use that code to order through mail-order "Nukes R Us."

What he doesn't know is we already shipped him 10 tons of used toilet paper....

Curses! My plan to start World War Three has been foiled again!
*twirls moustache*

Now go outside and do the MUAHAHAHA thing. Don't worry its just a... rain cloud, yeah, thats it, just a little brown and green rain.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:08 pm

Rochey wrote:
Then some assembly plant somewhere would be trying to fit toilet paper rolls into the detonation mechanism of an ICBM.
Great, now I have a mental image of Moscow being showered in toilet paper if WW3 breaks out.

Weird thing is... that might've ended WW3 right there.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:10 pm

Rochey wrote:
Then some assembly plant somewhere would be trying to fit toilet paper rolls into the detonation mechanism of an ICBM.
Great, now I have a mental image of Moscow being showered in toilet paper if WW3 breaks out.

If it were Soviet Russia, you would be hailed as a demigod for such a bounteous gift of TP.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:38 pm

Am I the only one who doesn't think this was a mistake. Or at least thinks the possibility that this was on purpose? I mean come on, China has nukes. Tiawan is the US' friend. We can't just give Taiwan nuclear weapons. But if we accidently send them over and then some reporter or admin who doesn't know the scoop discovers it.. or chinese spy, we can simply say, oops our bad.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:34 am

Monroe wrote:Am I the only one who doesn't think this was a mistake. Or at least thinks the possibility that this was on purpose? I mean come on, China has nukes. Tiawan is the US' friend. We can't just give Taiwan nuclear weapons. But if we accidently send them over and then some reporter or admin who doesn't know the scoop discovers it.. or chinese spy, we can simply say, oops our bad.

Shhh...

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:25 am

Monroe wrote:Am I the only one who doesn't think this was a mistake. Or at least thinks the possibility that this was on purpose? I mean come on, China has nukes. Tiawan is the US' friend. We can't just give Taiwan nuclear weapons. But if we accidently send them over and then some reporter or admin who doesn't know the scoop discovers it.. or chinese spy, we can simply say, oops our bad.

Just so you all know. The US has been loading Tiawan with weapons for years. No doubt this was intended but the US can't admit it and China can'T prove it.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:40 am

Deepcrush wrote:Just so you all know. The US has been loading Tiawan with weapons for years. No doubt this was intended but the US can't admit it and China can'T prove it.

I said SHHHHH....