The Real Deal on Nukes, page 1
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Topic started on 23-12-2003 @ 06:30 AM by nathraq
Friends,

Being an ex-nuclear weapons tech, I enjoy reading threads on nuclear weapons. There's been a lot of talk of tritium at the moment. I hope this link will help shed some light on the subject...

www.designation-systems.net...

Look under the Lance and Pershing II missile sytems(which my unit maintained and ultimately dismantled in 1992). You will notice that warheads contained a system for ER, or enhanced radiation. This was also known as the neutron bomb. The purpose was to cause maximum damage to enemy troops, while causing minimum property damage. This is the purpose of tritium in a nuclear warhead. It does not effect the yield of detonation; it does not make the nuke a "superbomb" that can knock asteroids out of the sky.

These weapon systems, The Lance, Pershing II, the M454, and others were dismantled in 1992, under civilian and Russian inspectors.


That is what tritium is used for in nuclear weapons.

Have a great day!!!


reply posted on 23-12-2003 @ 10:48 AM by FULCRUM
Link!

4.3.1 Fusion Boosted Fission Weapons

Fusion boosting is a technique for increasing the efficiency of a small light weight fission bomb by introducing a modest amount of deuterium- tritium mixture (typically containing 2-3 g of tritium) inside the fission core. As the fission chain reaction proceeds and the core temperature rises at some point the fusion reaction begins to occur at a significant rate. This reaction injects fusion neutrons into the core, causing the neutron population to rise faster than it would from fission alone (that is, the effective value of alpha increases).




Now you may have worked with so types of these weapons..

I havent, but that still dont mean that i wouldnt be right..

I tend to be right when it comes to weapons..

For one reason or for another..



Fusion boosting can also be used in gun-type weapons. The South Africans considered adding it to their fission bombs, which would have increased yield five-fold (from 20 kt to 100 kt). Since implosion does not occur in gun devices, it cannot contribute to fusion fuel compression. Instead some sort of piston arrangement might be used in which the kinetic energy of the bullet is harnessed by striking a static capsule.

Well ok, my 10-20x seems to be bit too high, but 5x is also quite much..



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