You could, I suppose...
...drop a subcritical mass out of the back, with none of that casing bollocks.
And then fire another subcritical mass at it.
In the vacuum of space it shouldn't be too difficult to drop both critical masses such that their orientations remain precisely where you expect, so that the shapes of the complimentary masses will lock together when joined.
(, Thu 4 Feb 2021, 10:50, Reply)
in the research they were quoting a tonne and a half for each bomb, though that was in the 60s
it's not a bad idea, but like a lot of the research it's "assuming we somehow get all this untested technology to work"
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 4 Feb 2021, 22:28,
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