Introduction to Nuclear Weapons

Fundamental aspects of nuclear weapons design and nuclear explosion physics

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[iwillavengeyou]

i thought nuclear fussion only occurs on extreme places like the sun?

[armscontrolcenter]

@iwillavengeyou It is nuclear fusion (one s). Fusion occurs whenever the temperature is high enough. For example hydrogen nuclei fuse at a few million Kelvin while Helium nuclei fuse at higher energies and so on (carbon, oxygen etc.)

[MsWtfisgoingon]

what about germany?? they possess nuclear weapons, dont they?

[armscontrolcenter]

Germany is not a nuclear weapons state. According to public information there are nuclear weapons bases in Germany but they are operated by the NATO.

[Adjudicators]

Thank you for uploading! And thanks to Dr. Theodore Liolios for the informative lecture!

[poppy5525]

please make more videos in english!!! please!

[TheErik249]

To 69aussieguy: The secondary fusion part of the bomb has lithium 6 deuteride-tritide that surrounds the plutonium sparkplug rod. The primary fission side has a tritium booster in the center of the plutonium core. The secondary has a dail a yield that can inject more or less lithium 6 deuteride tritide. This can boost a large bomb up to 25 megatons. The russians of coarse had the czar bomb that could go to 100 megatons,allegedly.

[69aussieguy]

Maybe I'm wrong here, but don't most H bombs use Lithium instead of Deuterium or Tritium?

It's the high energy particles from the fission that turns the Lithium into those Hydrogen isotopes, a millionth of a second later it is heated and compressed by the fission explosion and fusion takes place.

[oxking0815]

@armscontrolcenter Yes the US had own fenced and secured areas inside the german forces military weapon depots where the ABC Weapons were bunkered.

Most of the nuclear weapons were removed out of germany after the cold war was over. But there may be still 200 to 240 Weapons left in the arsenal of NATO troops,

for use by gearman forces in case of war within the "nuclear sharing" program.

[MsWtfisgoingon]

nuclear weapons bases existing but operated by NATO ! What NATO? oh is it the same NATO killing civilians in Iraq & Afghanistan which approves these?. If yes, my friend, its a little hard to believe their allegations, whatsoever. I am not trying to start anything, indeed I appreciate it. Only if people could see through the facade....