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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Nuclear warheads have to go off in a very specific way for the explosive lens to compress the plutonium enough to cause a reaction instead of just spreading radioactive materials everywhere. The way the lens works is that it uses a very specific arrangement of explosives to compress the nuclear material correctly, so if you blow it up, it won’t work.
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