peterAustralia
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OK I get all that, the information on the Magnox reactor was useful, I was not aware of that. As to using a nuclear submarine to make a bomb,, obviously that is a round about way of doing things, however it is 'A' way. Imagine a scenario in 60 years with fifty countries all going about with nuclear submarines, most of them using bomb grade uranium for energy. Then one country gets into a spat with another country.. the leader says,,, I want an a-bomb.
The military says we dont think that is a very good idea. However the boss is the boss, and orders are orders.. They take one submarine out of service,,, remove the uranium,, melt it down into blocks,,, say 25 blocks of 1 kg each...How much U 235 in a reactor ,,, I dont know,, lets guess 250kg... Now I have ten a-bombs.. How long will the above take,,, remove the uranium, make an a-bomb, assuming you have the design worked out in advance... say you are in a massive rush...... could you make some a bombs in 4 weeks? I am not talking about the best of the best,,, just get me a weapon that will go bang in a big way....(the leader says get on with it or get shot,,, you choose) , by 2060s you are looking at 120 year old technology..
For my delivery system I will use a stealth drone, along side of that stealth drone I will fly ten sacrificial drones with the sole purpose of getting shot down and letting the nuclear one go through. Dont like those odds, OK I use 32 drones, 2 with nukes, the other 30 as sacrificial, flying low level,, using ECM jamming,, and some of my drones have air to air missiles and chaff launches,,, are feel confident in getting all 32?
So country A, lead by a Mr presidentee, his greatness, the most holiness, Dr A Z Gaddafi the third; has now lost one submarine but gained ten atomic bombs... what does country B do,, then country C,,, then.. everyone sleeping well tonight?
I read this thread over and over,, am yet to find anyone state the darn obvious, at least as it seems to me, that the replacement for the Collins class has been a complete stuff up... Am I delusional.... Has the process been truly awful,, so-so , or good,, am in missing something
If I am ranting on,,,, it may be because I am in isolation despite being double vaccinated and having had two negative covid tests and zero symptoms.,, just another 7 days to go.... work in construction,,, 8 of my coworkers have Covid,,, and yes if your read the Canberra Times you would know EXACTLY where I was working last week..... I really hate isolation.......... I will need to go into the looney bin in solitary confinement,, to deal with the effect of me being in Covid isolation for 14 days... rant over,,,,,,,,,you can PM me if u want, to ask about the Canberra covid cluster
@peterAustralia
This is off topic as it is not something Australia would contemplate and is not relevant to the RAN. This thread is getting derailed pretty regularly so can we please stick to the topic.
I know the SSN announcement has opened a large can of unknowns but we need to stay on topic. If it is desired to discussion this issue please start a thread on it.
alexsa
The military says we dont think that is a very good idea. However the boss is the boss, and orders are orders.. They take one submarine out of service,,, remove the uranium,, melt it down into blocks,,, say 25 blocks of 1 kg each...How much U 235 in a reactor ,,, I dont know,, lets guess 250kg... Now I have ten a-bombs.. How long will the above take,,, remove the uranium, make an a-bomb, assuming you have the design worked out in advance... say you are in a massive rush...... could you make some a bombs in 4 weeks? I am not talking about the best of the best,,, just get me a weapon that will go bang in a big way....(the leader says get on with it or get shot,,, you choose) , by 2060s you are looking at 120 year old technology..
For my delivery system I will use a stealth drone, along side of that stealth drone I will fly ten sacrificial drones with the sole purpose of getting shot down and letting the nuclear one go through. Dont like those odds, OK I use 32 drones, 2 with nukes, the other 30 as sacrificial, flying low level,, using ECM jamming,, and some of my drones have air to air missiles and chaff launches,,, are feel confident in getting all 32?
So country A, lead by a Mr presidentee, his greatness, the most holiness, Dr A Z Gaddafi the third; has now lost one submarine but gained ten atomic bombs... what does country B do,, then country C,,, then.. everyone sleeping well tonight?
I read this thread over and over,, am yet to find anyone state the darn obvious, at least as it seems to me, that the replacement for the Collins class has been a complete stuff up... Am I delusional.... Has the process been truly awful,, so-so , or good,, am in missing something
If I am ranting on,,,, it may be because I am in isolation despite being double vaccinated and having had two negative covid tests and zero symptoms.,, just another 7 days to go.... work in construction,,, 8 of my coworkers have Covid,,, and yes if your read the Canberra Times you would know EXACTLY where I was working last week..... I really hate isolation.......... I will need to go into the looney bin in solitary confinement,, to deal with the effect of me being in Covid isolation for 14 days... rant over,,,,,,,,,you can PM me if u want, to ask about the Canberra covid cluster
@peterAustralia
This is off topic as it is not something Australia would contemplate and is not relevant to the RAN. This thread is getting derailed pretty regularly so can we please stick to the topic.
I know the SSN announcement has opened a large can of unknowns but we need to stay on topic. If it is desired to discussion this issue please start a thread on it.
alexsa
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