Looking it up, Boosted Fission if a Fission-Fusion bomb where the Fusion instead of being the main event is merely a minor improver of Fission efficiency.
Fusion Fission (as a bomb) is not possibly according to anything declassified or any known physics within reason. On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Wiki has entries which answers most of your questions > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boosted_fission_weapon > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suitcase_nuclear_device > > > > Boosted fission is different from the H-bomb in a number of ways, and an > improvement over fission alone, therefore we can surmise: > > > > 1) Since the yield of the recent NK test was about the same as > their prior fission test, then it is probably not boosted. > > 2) Since the yield is way too low to be fission-triggered fusion > (H-bomb) we can eliminate that and all other high yield choices > > 3) Add the fact that it is compact, means that there is the prospect > of a novel design of some type. > > 4) Given the features of UDD, assuming Holmlid is correct, then > there are options which could include Cohen’s claim of a ballotechnic > driven fusion device (no fission trigger) which was largely debunked > > > > *From:* John Berry > > > > Not sure what you mean by 'boosted fission' but my understanding is that > ALL Fusion bombs are either Fission-Fusion or Fission-Fusion-Fission. > > > > We don't publically have the technical ability to create mass fusion > without fission first, if we did hot fusion power would be a reality. > > > > John > > > > a.ashfield wrote: > > > My secondhand understanding is that many of the weapons the media call > H-bombs are really boosted fission weapons with a shell of uranium. > > >
