From: Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@s...>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:34:17 -0500
Subject: Re: Now on topic previously was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels....boom....
> Derek Fulton wrote: > At 08:05 11/03/02 -0600, Allan wrote: They > pointed out that there is a minimum size a nuclear warhead, can anyone This actually depends, strongly, on the technology available. If you have
From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:46:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Now on topic previously was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels....boom....
--- Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@sympatico.ca> wrote: > This actually depends, strongly, on the technology What would be the yield on that puppy?
From: Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@s...>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:11:17 -0500
Subject: Re: Now on topic previously was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels....boom....
> John Atkinson wrote: > --- Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@sympatico.ca>
From: Roger Burton West <roger@f...>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:18:32 +0000
Subject: Re: Now on topic previously was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels....boom....
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 07:11:17PM -0500, Richard and Emily Bell wrote: 4.2e6 J/kg. > The raw answer is 40 megajoules (which Thus about 9.5kg.
From: Tony Christney <tchristney@t...>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:36:58 -0800
Subject: Re: Now on topic previously was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels....boom....
Not much. Since most of the released energy is in the form of energetic particles, the stasis field would prevent the energy from escaping...;) > On Monday, March 11, 2002, at 02:46 PM, John Atkinson wrote: > --- Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@sympatico.ca>
From: Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@s...>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:35:42 -0500
Subject: Re: Now on topic previously was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels....boom....
> Tony Christney wrote: > Not much. Since most of the released energy is in the form of The trick is to release the field after the fission has occurred, as most of the energy is coulomb repulsion between the positively charged