Re: What's a good "proton reflector"?


Eric Gisse wrote:

> I thought they did.
>
> The "Tsar Bomba". I clearly remember reading about it having a yield of
> 100MT in an interesting book about the SALT II talks. [Aside: The name
> "Gromyko" shows up pretty much *EVERYWHERE* in Soviet history]
>
> It appears Khrushchev overestimated the bomb's yield, but it is still
> interesting to read about.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba
>
> http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html


Thanks for your link--- it's the bomb. :)

I think they told K. that the thing was proof of concept for a 100 MT
bomb, as indeed it was. Half the energy of these things comes from the
U jacket, which they replaced with lead so as to minimize fission
product fallout. But they knew the yield would have been double what it
was.

Which leads to an interesting idea that even the Wiki entry misses
(maybe I'll add it). The biggest thermonuke ever tested in the history
of mankind was what we today call a NEUTRON BOMB. It's just that
nobody had that concept at the time. And nobody has made the connection
since.

Isn't that odd? It means that part of the idea of a "neutron bomb" is
what *label* you paste on it. It can be the identical device made to
decrease fallout for the same reason, and if you don't CALL it a
neutron bomb, it's not thought of AS neutron bomb. Boy, we are
creatures of our language, aren't we?

SBH

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