Comment on After Israel and USA's bombing, wouldn't any supposed nuclear bombs go off if there were any?
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 days 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 3 days 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?
Etterra@discuss.online 3 days ago
That’s how dirty bombs work - an explosion deliberately blasts radioactive material in as wide an area as it can.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days 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.
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Inside a bunker?300 meter underground?
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 days ago
I would presume so, yes.