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by arethuza
5498 days ago
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A lot of the yield in H-bombs actually comes from the fission of the depleted uranium tamper - in the Ivy Mike test (the first real multi stage H-bomb) 77% of the yield was generated this way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike The Tsar Bomb test was restricted to 50Mt by missing out the 3rd stage - so it was primarily a fusion device. Had the depleted uranium tamper been in place it would have given the 100Mt the design was capable of - but with horrific fall-out. |
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