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		cpleppert on June 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This experiment proved that anyone could design a ... Design is still a major obstacle for advanced multi-stage hydrogen bombs. How they work exactly is still a major secret that isn't public knowledge AFAIK.

venus on June 1, 2013 | [–]

Yeah, but you don't need that to get people's attention. Any nuclear bomb at all is a Big Deal.

gizmo686 on June 2, 2013 | | [–]

If your going for attention you don't even need to go critical. A dirty bomb should be enough for that.

Nrsolis on June 2, 2013 | [–]

Not exactly. A good primer on multi-stage design was published in a magazine called "The Progressive" in 1979.

http://www.progressive.org/images/pdf/1179.pdf

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