thatcrow@ttrpg.network to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoCould a nuclear bomb be delivered and detonated via a truck or boat?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down16
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareCould a nuclear bomb be delivered and detonated via a truck or boat?thatcrow@ttrpg.network to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareSkyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·13 hours agoYes, but at this point it would be cheaper and quicker to have spacex fly to orbit, capture a 5 ton rock and drop it on a city. There’s a reason Iran has been ‘weeks’ from making a bomb for decades now.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 hours agoThat would be a really shitty nuke. Like around 10% of a Davy Crockett.
minus-squareSkyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 minutes agoUse a bigger rock. I might change the cost by hundreds of millions, and still be less than the billions in development and production for a nuke.
Yes, but at this point it would be cheaper and quicker to have spacex fly to orbit, capture a 5 ton rock and drop it on a city.
There’s a reason Iran has been ‘weeks’ from making a bomb for decades now.
That would be a really shitty nuke. Like around 10% of a Davy Crockett.
Use a bigger rock. I might change the cost by hundreds of millions, and still be less than the billions in development and production for a nuke.