
Originally Posted by
Danimal
Whats crazier is the level of accuracy, skill and precision every single part of modern nuclear weapons require to actually function. One tiny little miss calculation or mismatch in the parts and you have a sphere of plutonium flying through the air with no (relative) danger. It requires an absolutely perfect compression force from all sides at the exact same moment to actually detonate. I don't worry about a lost one going off, I worry about the ones that were recovered by an unknown nation and reverse engineered.