Posted: 8/9/2017 9:01:32 AM EDT
| If some zipperhead like the guy that runs NK launched an ICBM and we shot it before it reached it's target, would it detonate or would it not go off because it hadn't reached it's programed detonation altitude? |
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If the explosive lenses were damaged even slightly and it did explode, it would likely blow apart rather that going into a full nuclear detonation. IOW, it would become a "dirty bomb".
Nuclear detonation requires a very precise implosive shock wave. Explosive lens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_lens |