@eckergeopolitics: How Nuclear Fission Actually Works (One of Mankind’s Most Extraordinary, but also Dangerous Inventions). This is an explainer animation of a nuclear fission detonation: the device, the critical mass, the rapid chain reaction, and the resulting energy release. If the current rumors about Pickaxe Mountain and further strikes on Iranian nuclear sites are accurate, discussions of nuclear options are circulating again. Understanding the scale of these weapons is part of that conversation. I hope it stays theoretical. Follow from more content like this. ##Nuclear##Military##War##Science##Tech