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Subject: Question About Nuclear Weapons
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Date: 29 Oct 90 03:27:16 GMT
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From: p14.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org!Dan.Daetwyler (Dan Daetwyler)

 PE> least theoretically) the pressure of the sea water on the warhead at
 PE> deep depths
 PE> cause the warhead to ge critical?  It is
 PE> important when the warhead falls of a
 PE> underwater cliff and falls a unknown
 PE> distance to the sea floor.  Also, can
 PE> anyone recommend a book an nuclear
 PE> warhead constuction/theory any that I have
 PE> seen are not at all technical. comments,
 PE> ext post or email to above address.

Compression of the fission materials is a typical technique, however the
compression must occur in micro (maybe milli) seconds.  A slow compression