http://web.archive.org/web/20240512204543/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_design

(Archive link in case it’s changed.)

This article is a surprisingly entertaining read for a few reasons:

  • one or more people who wrote it clearly have very strong opinions about how nuclear weapons should be built
  • the article contains a surprising amount of detail, including stuff that seems like it’d be classified or at least censored
  • due to both of the above, there’s a ton of [citation needed] that I doubt will ever be resolved
  • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pubEnglish
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    6 months ago

    As far as I understand it, nukes are pretty easy to put together with modern tech. The problem is finding enough fissile material of the right grade. That takes a massive industrial effort.