Comment on After Israel and USA's bombing, wouldn't any supposed nuclear bombs go off if there were any?
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 11 months ago
Nuclear bombs are extremely stable when not armed. If you blow one up with external explosives it will just break.
INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 11 months ago
I do wonder though, if they had enough uranium to make a few nukes and it just got all exploded, wouldn’t there still be some fallout/spread over time?
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Inside a bunker?300 meter underground?
INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Yeah I dunno maybe it blasts a bunch of shit out the entrance, or something. Who knows lol.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Yes, that’s one of the primary concerns. The nuclear material isn’t likely to actually explode, but the material can easily get spread by an explosion. Essentially turning a bunker buster bomb into a giant dirty bomb.
Etterra@discuss.online 11 months ago
That’s how dirty bombs work - an explosion deliberately blasts radioactive material in as wide an area as it can.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 11 months ago
I would presume so, yes.