assuming the ICBM is a nuclear warhead…. Doesn’t the whole process behind a nuclear warhead involve an explosion that propels the nuclear “fuel” to start a chain reaction? i.e. exploding a warhead will essentially be the same as the explosion that causes the isotope to undergo fission?
ig the same can be said about conventional bombs as well but nuclear is more confusing.
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The explosives in a nuclear warhead need to be detonated simultaneously in order to compress the nuclear fuel. If those explosives are set off by an outside explosion, it starts from just one side, so you don’t get the nuclear chain reaction.
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