Nuclear Weapons Material

Paul J. Ste. Marie pstemari at bismark.cbis.com
Tue Aug 30 10:53:13 PDT 1994


> This must be deliberate misinformation.  It is relatively easy to
> make two explosive lenses that are exactly alike.  It is extremely
> difficult to make two explosive lenses that differ by a precisely
> known and constant amount.

No one said it was easy.
 
> The security in a nuclear weapon could certainly be defeated by
> physically ripping out any encryption electronics and replacing
> them with electronics with known and simple behavior.

That was the entire point.  Having explosive lenses that aren't all
the same defeats attacks on the electronics.






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