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by Analog24 1277 days ago
You have it backwards. The fission component is just the "trigger" for the fusion element, which produces the vast majority of the energy release.
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Half of the energy comes from the fissile "spark plug" that's inside the fusion material. Less than half of the energy comes from fusion.

It still very much is a fission weapon.