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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:43 pm
by ladajo
Actually the casing on most nukes is made from Uranium and depleted Uranium since it's a wonderful ablative for re-entry through the atmosphere as a heat shield. It's hard and denser than lead.
I think you are talking about the Radiation Case/Reflector, vice the actual re-entry body.