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  • So, even building the simple gun-type nuclear device of the kind that was dropped on Hiroshima would be extraordinarily difficult for a terrorist group because of the problem of accumulating sufficient quantities of HEU.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The “gun-type” atomic bomb, the simplest nuclear device, dropped on Hiroshima used around 130 pounds of highly enriched uranium.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The “gun-type” atomic bomb, the simplest nuclear device, dropped on Hiroshima used around 130 pounds of highly enriched uranium.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • For the sake of simplicity, Cyrus had decided to build a “gun-type” device to trigger the explosion, the same design used in the Little Boy bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • So, even building the simple gun-type nuclear device of the kind that was dropped on Hiroshima would be extraordinarily difficult for a terrorist group because of the problem of accumulating sufficient quantities of HEU.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • So, even building the simple gun-type nuclear device of the kind that was dropped on Hiroshima would be extraordinarily difficult for a terrorist group because of the problem of accumulating sufficient quantities of HEU.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The “gun-type” atomic bomb, the simplest nuclear device, dropped on Hiroshima used around 130 pounds of highly enriched uranium.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • So, even building the simple gun-type nuclear device of the kind that was dropped on Hiroshima would be extraordinarily difficult for a terrorist group because of the problem of accumulating sufficient quantities of HEU.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • For the sake of simplicity, Cyrus had decided to build a “gun-type” device to trigger the explosion, the same design used in the Little Boy bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • The “gun-type” atomic bomb, the simplest nuclear device, dropped on Hiroshima used around 130 pounds of highly enriched uranium.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

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