January 05, 2016
F-Word
The F-word of the evening is FUSION.
As in Fusion bomb.
One of which The People's Democratic Republic of North Korea seems to have just detonated successfully.
Note that tonights selection should not in any way preclude one from using any other F-words of one's choice.
Fusion Bombs (ie: Hydrogen bombs) potentially can have vastly more yield than pure fission weapons and, more importantly, can allow much higher yields in small packages suitable for delivery from missiles.
Coincidentally we are sure, the North Koreans just last month completed a successful test of a submarine ballistic missile. This is the third and seems to have fixed the bugs they ran into in their previous test.
BTW, that last link (38 North) is one to watch over the next few days with regard to analysis of tonights nuclear test.
UPDATE: There is some skepticism being expressed in some quarters. The Diplomat is estimating the yield at only 10 kilotons (half a Hiroshima) and Jeffery Lewis and others are suggesting that this is a fusion boosted fission weapon, which is technically a fusion weapon but not a real H-bomb.
Canopus. Exactly like tonight's test except for being in the wrong hemisphere, larger, above ground and French.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at
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