Jeffrey Lewis
@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social
Professor at the Middlebury Institute, member of the National Academies Committee on International Security and Arms Control, and former member of the State Department's International Security Advisory Board.
"Did someone mention a radiological emergency?"
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Did someone mention a radiological emergency?"
Sadly, Erik did not take my art direction.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Sadly, Erik did not take my art direction.
I think they were just focused on “does implosion exceed what you’d get if the core was just HE instead” as a kind of heuristic. In practice all the yields were orders of magnitude smaller 1/10 and 1/100ths of a pound.
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I think they were just focused on “does implosion exceed what you’d get if the core was just HE instead” as a kind of heuristic. In practice all the yields were orders of magnitude smaller 1/10 and 1/100ths of a pound.
la-1092-ms.pdf
drive.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They’re engineers. What more do you want? 🤷♂️
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
They’re engineers. What more do you want? 🤷♂️
The conceptual definition was HE or 1 kilocalorie per gram.
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The conceptual definition was HE or 1 kilocalorie per gram.