Fred J. McCall wrote:

jacob navia wrote:
:
:An atomic bomb is two pieces of refined U235 that are pressed together
:to form a single piece 10 cm wide with the help of explosives.
:
:It required a lot of development but nothing new had to be discovered.
:

Technologies to 'refine U235' did not exist. Sufficiently fast
switches to trigger the explosives did not exist. Neutron tampers did
not exist. The required explosive (probably) did not exist.

Actually, for the gun bomb, the only thing needed was technologies to
refine the Oralloy. The propellant was ordinary cordite ignited with
a stock igniter.

The implosion weapon was a whole different kettle of fish...

D.
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