Implosion Bomb

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A type of nuclear bomb design that uses conventional explosives to compress a subcritical mass of fissile material (like plutonium) to achieve a nuclear detonation.

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The Man Who Gave us the Power To Destroy Ourselves (Oppenheimer)

The Man Who Gave us the Power To Destroy Ourselves (Oppenheimer)

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A type of nuclear bomb design that uses conventional explosives to compress a subcritical mass of fissile material (like plutonium) to achieve a nuclear detonation.