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If the nuclear weapon doesn't blow you up immediately you will die eventually due to nuclear radiation. Is that a most painful way to die?

Given a choice wouldn't y'all rather be blown up instantly than to linger suffering in unbearable pain?

Well trump calls the shots. I don't know if anyone can stop him from doing whatever he wants to do. None there seem to have the will to obstacle him. Did they ever?

Posted - June 17, 2020
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  • 44696
    Nuclear warheads are tested for durability upon striking the ground. The high explosives used to create the supercritical mass would be damaged and would not work properly. The casing would burst, but the plutonium would not be spread in a wide area and could be contained. This post was edited by Element 99 at June 17, 2020 11:52 AM MDT
      June 17, 2020 8:23 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Apologies E. I don't understand a word of this reply. My fault I know. What are you telling me? NOT TO WORRY because they are defective?   Can I count on that? Thank you for your reply and again sorry I don't grasp your message! :(
      June 17, 2020 11:52 AM MDT
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  • 44696
    If the nuclear explosion did not occur, the warhead would fall to the ground. In order for it to take place, charges of an high explosive must detonate precisely at the same time to compress the plutonuim sphere enough to detonate. Obviously there was a fault in the circuitry needed for that to occur. The warhead canister would probably survive the drop and no radiation would be released. If it didn't survive the drop, the radiation would only spread in a small area. Wait...you probably didn't know that nuclear detonation occurs in the air, well above the target.
      June 17, 2020 12:00 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    I did not know that AT ALL E! I thought it occurred from the impact of hitting the ground. So how long would it take for the radiation to dissipate completely and how large is a "small area"? Inches feet yards miles?  Thank you for the extremely clear expanded reply. I appreciate it! :)
      June 18, 2020 4:27 AM MDT
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  • 44696
    The are would be difficult to determine, but the half-life of plutonium is 24 thousand years, so it will be around a long time. The area would have to be isolated completely. Very messy.
      June 18, 2020 8:46 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    24 THOUSAND YEARS? BAD ROSIE but I laughed when I read that E. Does plutonium exist that is 23 thousand years old? How do they know how old it is? I mean how long ago was plutonium "discovered"? What kinds of tests do they do to determine that? You cut a tree trunk and count the rings to see how old it is. How do you measure length of life of chemicals or minerals? Probably the answer is too complicated to understand. Anyway thank you for your reply! :)
      June 18, 2020 8:58 AM MDT
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  • 44696
    Half-life is the time it takes for half of radioactive isotopes to deteriorate. It is a very complex subject and I would need 2 hours to explain even the simpler stuff. I learned most of it in college, and, just for the fun of it, I taught it to my high school freshmen.
      June 18, 2020 9:18 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Had I been a student of yours (yeah right in what lifetime?) I wouldn't understand it E. Anything that would take two hours? SERIOUSLY? Not my cuppa tea or my expertise or my talent. Not that I wouldn't LOVE it to be but I know my limitations. My brain is like a sponge but it does have it's limits and once reached NOTHING GETS THROUGH. Thank you for your reply! :) This post was edited by RosieG at June 18, 2020 12:01 PM MDT
      June 18, 2020 12:01 PM MDT
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