The other general fault of the article is the use of generic "bomb" versus "deployable weapon"
It's an order of magnitude (maybe 2 orders) easier to make a bomb that is laid out on a workbench that fits inside a shipping container. Deployable weapons must be:
The other general fault of the article is the use of generic "bomb" versus "deployable weapon"
It's an order of magnitude (maybe 2 orders) easier to make a bomb that is laid out on a workbench that fits inside a shipping container. Deployable weapons must be:
Correct/ I've already accepted that Iran probably has a few assembled gun weapons and possibly a dirty Pu239 gun weapon (not good for maximum damage but great for long term radioactivity spread in radioisotopes.) However, at this point, the mullahs would be fools to bring any nuclear device into play, as Israel would turn every major city in Iran into a smoking pile of ashes.
- you better expect to lose some on Iranian soil to strikes
- you may have launch failures
- you will lose some to Israeli ABM
- some may not detonate
In calculating its retribution, do you think the IDF is going to factor in your failures and give you a walk just because you didn't get a high order detonation over Haifa?
News for you: if their sensors get a whiff of Plutonium or Uranium in one of your duds, there will be glassy craters all over Iran.
The other general fault of the article is the use of generic "bomb" versus "deployable weapon"
It's an order of magnitude (maybe 2 orders) easier to make a bomb that is laid out on a workbench that fits inside a shipping container. Deployable weapons must be:
- both shrunken, and
- hardened against shock/g forces
Correct/ I've already accepted that Iran probably has a few assembled gun weapons and possibly a dirty Pu239 gun weapon (not good for maximum damage but great for long term radioactivity spread in radioisotopes.) However, at this point, the mullahs would be fools to bring any nuclear device into play, as Israel would turn every major city in Iran into a smoking pile of ashes.
oh, and better make 10-20 because:
- you need a couple to demonstrate
- you better expect to lose some on Iranian soil to strikes
- you may have launch failures
- you will lose some to Israeli ABM
- some may not detonate
In calculating its retribution, do you think the IDF is going to factor in your failures and give you a walk just because you didn't get a high order detonation over Haifa?
News for you: if their sensors get a whiff of Plutonium or Uranium in one of your duds, there will be glassy craters all over Iran.