Re: How big is a troopship? [DS/FT/SG2] (and what it all means)

On 24-Sep-99 at 01:24, Popeyesays@aol.com (Popeyesays@aol.com) wrote:
> 
> If you are dealing with a fission device using plutonium or U-235 you
MUST 
> have sufficient material to create a critical mass or you get a fizzle
at 
> best (kind a China syndrome thing on a very small scale). In sufficent
> mass,  no fission. Minimum mass pretty much dictates you're not going
to
> get any  lighter than these things already are. No shoulder launch
missile
> is likely  to  get that heavy fora warhead, are they?

Who says fission?  Obviously we have gravitics, all you have to do is
compress the hydrogen enough and it goes boom.

Roger