• Lumisal@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Doesn’t that depend on how they’re set up? I’d imagine in the 50+ years since they’ve been invented they would have designed it so it could, specifically because modern anti missile defenses exist.

      I mean, I know world governments can be dumb, but I would imagine they’re not that dumb as to bother maintaining a key super weapon just to not upgrade it / design it so that it won’t work if used.

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        14 days ago

        Maybe but no not really the triggering process is extremely fast but kinda fragile because everything needs to be compressed just so.

        They upgrade them, it’s public knowledge for the budget. Usually it’s faster smaller or different form factor plus renewal programs.

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          14 days ago

          But any knowledge on how modern triggering works on them I’d imagine would be kept a state secret wouldn’t it? I don’t think it’s something you’d want others to know.

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            14 days ago

            Someone has to know because scientists and engineers are educated in universities and not in military boot camps. Universities are the origin of all scientific expertise in a nation, including the nation’s military.

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              14 days ago

              They hid the Manhattan project really really well, if you’ve ever looked into the history.