No, you couldnt ignite a nuclear weapon with a regular explosive. You need a huge amount of energy to start the reaction.
Modern nuclear weapons work by combining chemical explosives, nuclear fission, and nuclear fusion. The explosives compress nuclear material, causing fission; the fission releases massive amounts of energy in the form of X-rays, which create the high temperature and pressure needed to ignite fusion.
So unless you managed to hit it bang on with a huge enough explosive, the other way would be like I said before. The bunker missiles using a tactical nuclear explosion.
One of those landing close to a pile of bombs or other fissionable material would be enough to detonate it.
Also depleted uranium doesnt have enough energy to create a nuclear reaction. Thats why it takes months of being around the stuff to really mess you up. Alot of malformed babies and children ending up with cancer when they are playing near or even with the stuff. Anti-flag's depleted uranium is a war crime is a great song about the matter. But yeah depleted uranium is what your left with when you enrich weapons grade uranium.
Bunker busters could use that, but its supposed to be banned like I mentioned last time, because it sits around forever in the ground slowly poisoning everything. Its a very heavy substance that they tipped tank shells with mainly so that they could easily punch through armor. Im sure it would be handy in a bunker buster.
No, you couldnt ignite a nuclear weapon with a regular explosive. You need a huge amount of energy to start the reaction.
Modern nuclear weapons work by combining chemical explosives, nuclear fission, and nuclear fusion. The explosives compress nuclear material, causing fission; the fission releases massive amounts of energy in the form of X-rays, which create the high temperature and pressure needed to ignite fusion.
So unless you managed to hit it bang on with a huge enough explosive, the other way would be like I said before. The bunker missiles using a tactical nuclear explosion.
One of those landing close to a pile of bombs or other fissionable material would be enough to detonate it.