What You Learn From Implosion Testing
posted Tuesday January 30, 2007 under north-korea, north-korea by paul_kerrThat was one issue raised when I was discussing the latest supervillain alliance with various folks. A partial answer can be found here.
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Is there a write-up on what kind of diagnostic equipment is needed to do useful implosion testing? My impression is that flash x-ray radiography is the gold standard, but other techniques are also useful. Obviously, this leads to the question of whether Evil Axians are known to have acquired the appropriate equipment.
— Allen Thomson · Jan 30, 02:08 PM ·
The UN list of prohibited nuclear technology to Iraq from 1996 has a good list and description of all of the various technologies which are useful for implosion testing. See chapter 11 here: http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/DOE/DOE-Annex3.htm
— Alex W. · Jan 30, 05:35 PM ·