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From: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: plutonium
Message-ID: <617@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 18:46:52 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 13 18:46:52 1985
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In article <377@baylor.UUCP> peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>...I was talking about a rifle-type bomb, where 2 subcritical masses are
>brought together.

This WON'T work! How many sub-critical masses do you know that would
allow themselves to be seen together? Most sub-critical masses are
social climbers, spending their summers in Francium trying to pick up
some alpha particles. Most of them feel that's they're better off
hanging about with noble gasses that don't react to them at all, than
sticking together for a more explosive situation. The result? Higher
bomb prices for the American consumer!

>It's still EASIER to build a hiroshima-bomb than a nagasaki-bomb.

Let's see YOU do it! I bet you couldn't built a hiroshima-bomb without a
lot of government funding! I've never heard such a bold claim!

This stupid Plutonium debate has been going on too long! Get your facts
straight, Peter! Plutonium is ONLY available in an off-the-shelf
disposable spray-can. Any terrorist group wanting to built a bomb from
it would have to get the granulated variety, only available to
foodservice organizations. In order to do this, they would have to get a
permit -- and the US government does not give permits to unlicensed
terrorists.
 
-- 
Charles Forsythe
CSDF@MIT-VAX
"I was going to say something really profound, but I forgot what it was."
-Rev. Wang Zeep