RE: Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country, Part II
09-02-2022, 12:13 PM
09-02-2022, 12:13 PM
Nukes are not like normal explosives; actually getting a full blast out of them is hard and requires a lot of things going right, rather than just a single fuse igniting the whole lot. A nuclear missile cooking off in its silo is more likely to cause a devastating explosion because of the fuel than the nuclear bomb itself, although that would no doubt create a nice cloud of uranium dust.
Said cloud is not likely to be dangerous because of the radioactivity, mind you. It's the heavy metal toxicity that would be the real problem, even if some of the fissile material did fission.
Said cloud is not likely to be dangerous because of the radioactivity, mind you. It's the heavy metal toxicity that would be the real problem, even if some of the fissile material did fission.