Considering Israel and the US are bombing Iran's nuclear facilities because they have "weapons of mass destruction", if Iran really did have such weapons, wouldn't bombing the facilities they're held in cause them to explode, or cause an evident ripple at least? I may be imagining this in a way cartoonier way than military weapons actually work, but I'm preparing myself for some incredibly annoying debates.

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[+] 53 points 1 year ago (10 children)
  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    And even "precise" would be understating it. Not only is a specific shape of the detonation required, but timing is crucial too. Otherwise you'll end up with a fizzle.

    But yes, the main concern is nuclear contamination in the target area.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Well, as sophisticated as it got in the 1940s

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Newer devices have been designed and made in the decades since.
    Are cars more sophisticated today then they were in the 1940s?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    We don’t know how sophisticated Iranian devices might be.

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