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Re:Nuclear Pulse Propulsion – Orion and Beyond (2000) [pdf] by arethuza on Friday October 14, 2016 @05:55AM (#12707057)
The "directed" bomb designs used tungsten - in "The Curve of Binding Energy" I seem to remember there is a comment that they were spectacularly good at digging tunnels but I don't know if that was a theoretical prediction or an empirical result.
Re:Nuclear Pulse Propulsion – Orion and Beyond (2000) [pdf] by madaxe_again on Friday October 14, 2016 @10:19AM (#12708222)
If you consider that it was contemporaneous with plowshare, that makes sense - likely a degree of shared research.
Re:Nuclear Pulse Propulsion – Orion and Beyond (2000) [pdf] by berntb on Friday October 14, 2016 @06:27AM (#12707159)
I meant that the material thrown at the plate were planned to be plasma of more lightweight materials, iirc. (That is different than how to make an atomic bomb directed.)

I haven't seen any real details of directed bomb design discussed. Thanks for the pointer to that book.