Basically, picture a cherry bomb under a really strong teacup that stayed in one piece during the explosion and shot up in the air, but scaled up a whole lot.
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Many people have already pointed you towards Project Orion which had a rocket pooping out small bombs who’s explosions then pushed on a springy pusher plate to give the rocket some pretty insane propulsion stats
From the same lab that designed Project Orion came the nuclear shaped charge which set off a nuke in a beryllium sphere with an open portion. In a vacuum almost all of the energy released by a nuke is in the form of x-rays and gamma rays, and the beryllium converts them into lower frequencies which then vaporize a tungsten plug over the opening and send it shooting out at high speeds as a plasma disk. Boosted efficiency for project Orion because it captures more of the energy
Then the Casaba Howitzer because apparently they were on a melon kick. Take that nuclear shaped charge and use a lighter metal that’s thinner and tapered a bit. Now your shape charge creates a much smaller much faster and narrower metal stream. Better for reaching out and touching someone in their no no square
The 1960s and the later Strategic Defense Initiative were just ***wild!***
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