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Re:Why Hasn’t the World Been Destroyed in a Nuclear War Yet? by hga on Thursday May 07, 2015 @07:04AM (#9504182)
Getting the fissionables to make a bomb requires major industrial effort. And an "average terrorist" would only be able to build a gun assembly bomb like Little Boy, which requires a lot of uranium 235.
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Re:Why Hasn’t the World Been Destroyed in a Nuclear War Yet? by venomsnake on Thursday May 07, 2015 @07:47AM (#9504360)
If we think fission. If we think fusion - you could build something nasty with tritium and deuterium with some depleted uranium as neutron deflectors ... but the ignition will be bitch ...

Edit: replaced neutrinos with neutrons

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Re:Why Hasn’t the World Been Destroyed in a Nuclear War Yet? by arethuza on Thursday May 07, 2015 @07:55AM (#9504394)
I think you mean neutrons - neutrino deflectors would be quite interesting...
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