THE NATION: Distorted Commentary
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¶ A gunbarrel device, with a bore of not less than two inches or more than ten inches. Purpose: to fire a projectile of fissionable material into a plug of fissionable material at the end of the bore, thus creating a critical mass and atomic blast.
¶ Fissionable material for the gun barrel (plutonium or uranium), which is extremely heavy, weighing about half again as much as lead (50 Ibs. would be about the size of a softball). Beware of any article extremely heavy for its size, since fissionable material may be disguised by a coating of plastic.
¶ High explosives for use in an implosion-type bomb, probably in specially fabricated shapes, with one side of each piece rounded out to fit on a sphere. Most high explosives are light tan in color, have a soapy feel, and are half again as heavy as water.
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