has any country ever successfully produced or fielded a non-Teller Ulam design thermonuclear device? @thedelphivision @wellerstein @nktpnd @armscontrolwonk
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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.
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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Also China.
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I don't know how accurate these figures are, or where the person who posted them (no longer on Twitter) obtained them from, but if true they demonstrate why radiation is so much more efficient than chemical explosives for compression. The pressures produced are astounding.pic.twitter.com/L0EOYk7kPj
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