All 6 Uses of
convention
in
Zero Day
- You know as well as I do that the Army adheres to the Geneva Convention.†
p. 248..2 (definition 1) *
- Half your nuclear charge at one end backed by a conventional explosive and the other half of your nuke fuel at the other end.†
p. 371..8 (definition 2) *
- The conventional explosives are detonated, it pushes the fuel down the tube where it hits the other half of the fuel, and you have your chain reaction.†
p. 371..8 (definition 2)
- You basically use conventional explosives, called explosive lenses, to squeeze the pit where your nuclear fuel is located into a supercritical mass.†
p. 372..1 (definition 2)
- The conventional explosions have to go off at exactly the same time or a hole in the shock wave will be created and the pit will escape through that.†
p. 398..8 (definition 2)
- That's a common ruse in conventional bombmaking, and the same rule, we can assume, holds true for pseudo-nukers.†
p. 399..3 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (convention as in: The Geneva Convention) a written international agreement
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(2) (convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical