How many nukes do you think is enough? Will 1 million be? Modern USA can build that in few years if they want so. Do you think colony (with some future technology) will definitely be unable?
How did you get that idea? Quick search for the cost of a single bomb is $20 million. That means you are looking at a cost of 20 trillion$. Given that the amount of cheaply minable uranium isn’t infinitive the cost is likely more.
That means you are looking at a cost of 20 trillion$.
So? Obviously this means war-time economy and devoting industry to making nukes. Point is that it can be done in principle. Also, major part of nuke’s cost is plutonium, and it’s production is strongly affected by economies of scale. 5 trillion$ would be more reasonable estimate.
Given that the amount of cheaply minable uranium isn’t infinitive the cost is likely more.
Cost of mining uranium is really small compared to cost of building and maintaining reactors.
How did you get that idea? Quick search for the cost of a single bomb is $20 million. That means you are looking at a cost of 20 trillion$. Given that the amount of cheaply minable uranium isn’t infinitive the cost is likely more.
So? Obviously this means war-time economy and devoting industry to making nukes. Point is that it can be done in principle. Also, major part of nuke’s cost is plutonium, and it’s production is strongly affected by economies of scale. 5 trillion$ would be more reasonable estimate.
Cost of mining uranium is really small compared to cost of building and maintaining reactors.