I was just reading the article in the Fenwiki on Kaboomite when I noticed that it claims that
the Stellvians gathered all the 'easily accessible' fissionables. That got a raised eyebrow from me. The other eyebrow went up at the mention that
they only had three warheads (though I'm pretty sure they went through their share of test warheads).
BTW: Nice stroke of genius in having the Bubbleheads fire those shots - most Fen would figure that the Navy would naturally bring nukes to the table anyways.
Now, I'm not disputing either of those claims, but it does make me wonder what constitutes 'easily accessible' in this case, becaus there honestly
has to be a lot more fissionable materials out there than only enough to make three warheads.
Reason I'm wondering is because Fenspace!Ben is interested in wave-enhanced nuclear energy. Sure, people are tinkering with some interesting stuff, but
that doesn't mean he won't do any tinkering himself and basing it off of something that's tried and true 'Dane tech.
(Although, whereas nuclear power is concerned, I understand that some people feel that a grand total of two catastrophic accidents constitutes the abandonment
of progress. Wonder how many catastrophic wildfires got started by cavemen?)
the Stellvians gathered all the 'easily accessible' fissionables. That got a raised eyebrow from me. The other eyebrow went up at the mention that
they only had three warheads (though I'm pretty sure they went through their share of test warheads).
BTW: Nice stroke of genius in having the Bubbleheads fire those shots - most Fen would figure that the Navy would naturally bring nukes to the table anyways.
Now, I'm not disputing either of those claims, but it does make me wonder what constitutes 'easily accessible' in this case, becaus there honestly
has to be a lot more fissionable materials out there than only enough to make three warheads.
Reason I'm wondering is because Fenspace!Ben is interested in wave-enhanced nuclear energy. Sure, people are tinkering with some interesting stuff, but
that doesn't mean he won't do any tinkering himself and basing it off of something that's tried and true 'Dane tech.
(Although, whereas nuclear power is concerned, I understand that some people feel that a grand total of two catastrophic accidents constitutes the abandonment
of progress. Wonder how many catastrophic wildfires got started by cavemen?)