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Lebell · 02-04-2005, 06:46 PM

But there you have it, the clerics do have ultimate power over the government in Iran and they have made it clear that the secular members of the government ultimately answer to them.

And I don't deny that it would be difficult, but it is VERY possible to make a gun type weapon in a fairly competent shop.

The hardest part is to make sure that you have the plutonium/uranium sub masses shaped correctly, the actual shaping being hard.

Since both are pyrophoric to one degree or another when finely subdivided (read machined), that means that machining would have to be done under an inert atmosphere, but Airgas will let you pick up N2 no questions asked.

The actual shape wouldn't be hard, just a square block with a wedge shape taken out of it. Make that block 2/3 critical mass and the fitting block at least 1/2 of critical.

Next, you need to fabricate a guide that send the smaller wedge into the larger (and can withstand the stick or two of dynamite needed).

You can set up the cap detonator to the ringer on a cell phone.

Put the whole thing in a hollowed out refridgerator and your good to go.

It's a horribly inefficient design, which is extremely wasteful with the fissible material, but Little Boy proved it works just fine.

And yeah, I've read the Rhodes book. Great read. Got it when I visited Trinity Site a few years back.

Yeah, the US would ask questions. 2k people died on 9/11 and we ASKED Afghanistan to hand Bin Laden over. That when we knew 100% that they were harboring and supporting him.

If Israel wasn't immediately sure that it was Iran (like if they had launched a missle) then yeah, they would HAVE to.

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Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	But there you have it, the clerics do have ultimate power over the government in Iran and they have made it clear that the secular members of the government ultimately answer to them. And I don't deny that it would be difficult, but it is VERY possible to make a gun type weapon in a fairly competent shop. The hardest part is to make sure that you have the plutonium/uranium sub masses shaped correctly, the actual shaping being hard. Since both are pyrophoric to one degree or another when finely subdivided (read machined), that means that machining would have to be done under an inert atmosphere, but Airgas will let you pick up N2 no questions asked. The actual shape wouldn't be hard, just a square block with a wedge shape taken out of it. Make that block 2/3 critical mass and the fitting block at least 1/2 of critical. Next, you need to fabricate a guide that send the smaller wedge into the larger (and can withstand the stick or two of dynamite needed). You can set up the cap detonator to the ringer on a cell phone. Put the whole thing in a hollowed out refridgerator and your good to go. It's a horribly inefficient design, which is extremely wasteful with the fissible material, but Little Boy proved it works just fine. And yeah, I've read the Rhodes book. Great read. Got it when I visited Trinity Site a few years back. Yeah, the US would ask questions. 2k people died on 9/11 and we ASKED Afghanistan to hand Bin Laden over. That when we knew 100% that they were harboring and supporting him. If Israel wasn't immediately sure that it was Iran (like if they had launched a missle) then yeah, they would HAVE to. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate! Last edited by Lebell; 02-04-2005 at 06:49 PM..