Talk:Tsetse (nuclear primary)

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Crosbiesmith in topic Beware the old story

Beware the old story edit

The only source given is the Chuck Hansen article, Beware the Old Story. The relevant paragraph of this article is:

In fact, nearly 43 percent of the alleged problems could be blamed on five primaries. The MK 43, W44, W50, MK 57, and W59 shared a common primary, the “Tsetse”; the W/MK 28, W40, and W49 also used a common primary, the “Python.” Both of these primaries were plagued by a tritium cross-section miscalculation discovered during the early 1960s after the nuclear testing moratorium had ended.

There is no other mention of a Tsetse primary in the article. This paragraph is the entire source of the current Wikipedia article. Hansen provided no references and no indication of his sources. I also note this is an advocacy article. The second paragraph of the article is:

If this occurs, both the public and Congress would be wise to examine previous arguments by the nuclear weapons establishment–which were invariably characterized by outright falsehoods, half truths, and wild exaggerations.

- Crosbie 17:18, 8 June 2015 (UTC)Reply