Sincere question: how do you attack the site of a nuclear bomb without setting off a nuclear bomb?

Sep 3, 2017 · 7:35 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Doesn't work that way. Nuke requires very specific application of 2 explosive forces to drive the fissionable materials together.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Trojan Horse your way all the way to the fella with the metaphorical finger on the trigger!
Replying to @marwilliamson
The devices can only be triggered via a very specific process. You can destroy the facility/launch capability and leave warhead intact...
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Replying to @marwilliamson
...still warhead can be damaged and leak (dangerous) material without an actual explosion.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
....similar to why military aircraft can crash without detonating weapons that they carry.
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SNAFU-WW TWO CODE 'SITUATION NORMAL ALL F...UP'! A SNAFU WOULD NOT OCUR NOW? OH,, BUT THT NAVY SHIP WAS GOING THE OTHER WAY, LAST MONTH!😡
Replying to @marwilliamson
NOR KOR INVADE BY JAPN 1910-OCUPIED-TO 1945.BRUTALLY! USSR INVDES 1945 N K IN WW TWO. NK ONLY DEFNSE AGNST JPN/RUSS/CHNA-NUKES.
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DT INSANE! UN NOT! HIS FEAR N K ATCKED AGAIN BY JPN/RUS/CHNA/S K/WITH US MIL BCKNG! HIS HOPE-NUKES! IMPCH DT! NEGOTIATE NK-AWY FR FEAR🇺🇸🇰🇵
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US PRES T ROOS 1905 TO JPN 'OK,GO AHEAD INVADE MANCHURIA (N KOR) THEN CHINA! US WIL NOT OPOSE! GOOD FOR US BUSNES! OOPS! PRL HRBR/NOW! 😡😡
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WEN SANCTIONS ARE IMPOSED ON ANY COUNTRY, THE DICTATOR STILL EATS AND DRINKS ETC. VERY WELL. IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO SUFFER! ESP THE POOR!