Re: The Unit Season Final(e) 5/10 (R.I.P.?) (spoilers)

In article <gua8sc$g4d$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Seamus MacRae
<smacrae319@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Monkey boy wrote:
In article <gu9hi2$2ph$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Seamus MacRae
<smacrae319@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Kujo wrote:
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:gu8gmc$ksj$1
@news.albasani.net:

iball@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On May 10, 10:51 pm, jayjay...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (jj) wrote:
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Yeah, I couldn't believe that scene. You're going to shoot-out the tires
of car that maybe carrying a nuclear bomb? Knowing that you could explode
cause a nuclear explosion? LOL
Most nuclear weapon designs will not detonate as a result of fire, a
crash, or similarly. There could be a release of radioactive material
however.

These bombs were described as having the fissionable material at one
end, and the nuclear "bullet" at the other. Detonation being when one
was fired into the other. A car crash could certainly cause this, had
they been "real" bombs.

Sounds like the Hiroshima bomb's design. There are two factors to
consider here:

One, a crash would have to be at a particular orientation to accelerate
the bullet in the right direction. It would still be moving slower than
when the bomb was triggered normally. The supercritical mass would not
be assembled quickly enough, and you'd probably get a radiation pulse
and a small but very dirty bang instead of the expected several-Kt
bigger bang.

I was thinking along the lines that sometimes one can drop a cocked
pistol, and it could fire. Not necessarily would, but could. And it IS
a fucking Atom Bomb! Heck, even terrorist Ronnie warned them to avoid
potholes.

It could still be pretty bad -- basically a neutron bomb going off.

Two, a simple removable safety pin in the design would make it
crash-proof. The instructions would be "drive to near the target, pull
the pin, set the timer, and run like hell" or thereabouts. Such a safety
measure is easy and cheap to add and serves the users' interests, if
they prefer the bomb to go off at a particular place and/or time.
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