has any country ever successfully produced or fielded a non-Teller Ulam design thermonuclear device? @thedelphivision @wellerstein @nktpnd @armscontrolwonk
One can argue over whether Sloikas or boosted weapons count as this, or whether something advanced like the RIPPLE design should be considered synonymous with Teller-Ulam.
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In general, two-stage designs are just much more efficient than anything else, and so even states that began by exploring single-stage thermonuclear weapons (e.g. USSR, UK) seem to switched totally once they figured it out.
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The US did explore some single-stage thermonuclear weapons (e.g. later variants on the "Classical Super" idea) but to my knowledge never did anything like a full test and did not field them.
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I’ve got one last question for you guys. I know
@nuclearanthro will have a field day with this. Are nuclear warheads and their delivery systems shielded from the effects of an EMP?
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