why won’t there be a nuclear explosion if a nuclear weapon is shot down?

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why won’t there be a nuclear explosion if a nuclear weapon is shot down?

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a sucessfull nuclear detonation is a very precise process that has a set and strict list of steps.

if it was as simple as ” blow up nuclear material”(this is technically called a dirty bomb and its goal is to irradiate the area) basically anyone with access ot natural deposits would have nukes.