Originally posted by princeofpeace
Israle has been manufacturing softball sized neutron bombs for years. Since the 80's. They are said to be able to clear out an area of 1-2 miles (of
people) but leave infrastructure unharmed.
sorry thats bollocks
an enhanced radiation weapon is a nuclear bomb , usually in the megaton class , with an outer core and case of the salting material - in the case of
an enhanced neutron the outer core would be chromium with x-ray mirrors to enhance the neutrom flux - with gold instead you enhance x-rays
but its still a thermonuclear bomb!
theres nothing `clean` about it - it goes bang , and there a mushroom cloud - its just the kill range on the small weapons - MGM-52 LANCE with the
W-70 dial a yield ERW warhead was greater than the prompt effects.
as for baseball sized neutron bombs - that`ll be the myth called Red Mercury
[edit on 8/1/09 by Harlequin]