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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (270251)1/27/2006 8:02:09 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) of 1572466
 
"if it is encased in dense material like lead or tungsten or even a sufficient amount of water or oil (which could easily be done in a ship)."

Ok, if encased like you say, then that could be done. So in a hypothetical war between Israel and Iran, a ship slips out of an Iranian port goes to Israel and docks. It then explodes, destroying the port.

Of course, just stuffing it with nitrate based fertilizer and fuel oil would do about the same thing. Assuming that the Israelis would allow the ship to dock in the first place...

What is the point of a 20 kiloton yield weapon when you can actually use thousands of tons of TNT equivalent? I'd be far cheaper to boot. And a lot less likely to get you wiped off the face of the globe.
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