Semilexic on Nostr: You joke but there is a proposal for that, never tested. A few tons of tungsten or ...

You joke but there is a proposal for that, never tested. A few tons of tungsten or lead is piled in front of the bomb, and the bomb is detonated at high altitude, even in space, with tungsten side pointing down.

The nuke turns the tungsten into almost plasma, which sprays down in a predictable patern. Like a giant nuclear claymore. Its so precise it can just burn sections of cities away, draw smiley faces even.