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Re:Three papers highlight results of record yield nuclear fu... by ncmncm on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:25AM (#32467531)
Do sub-10kt nukes really involve any fusion at all?

I have read of spiking conventional fission warheads with a core of fusible material to boost yield, but maximizing yield does not seem to be the goal of these devices.

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Re:Three papers highlight results of record yield nuclear fu... by trhway on Monday August 15, 2022 @02:52PM (#32473698)
One kind of the low yield weapons is to have very precisely placed smaller explosion - those ones is mostly fission core, and the other is to have high neutron flux with minimal blast effects - with that instead of a point you'd want to cover a wide area.
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