In article , John T wrote:
usedtobe wrote:

even a c150 can carry a small nuclear bomb

What's the lightest known nuclear bomb weigh? "Nuclear" as in "fission" or
"fusion", not merely "dirty" with radioactive material.

The 51lb warhead that was used in the Davy Crockett nuclear mortar. It
was an implosion-type plutonium design, with a user-selectable yield of
10 to 250t. It was designed and tested by the US, and 2100 of them were
deployed between 1961 and 1971. The entire Davy Crockett round weighed
76lbs. It was the smallest nuclear weapon manufactured by the United
States, and close to the theoretical smallest size for a nuclear weapon.
Other weapons (artillery shells) of similar (1kt and less) which were
slimmer have been made and tested by the US too.

However, they are all accounted for. I doubt terrorists have had access
to the technology or an actual bomb of this size (otherwise they'd have
used it in lieu of commercial aircraft on Sept. 11th). A 'home made'
terrorist nuke would likely be too large and too heavy to get into
anything smaller than a B727.

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