On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 09:29:02AM -0400, Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
> >Okay, so well into the range where fusion in ordinary hydrogen can be
> >triggered without fission in at most vehicle-sized devices.  In that
> >case the upper bound is just how many you can pack into your starship.
>
> Thanks!
>
> They would still use uranium or plutonium as the core?

Not with TL12-13 Traveller equivalent, unless that happened to be
cheaper and easier or something.  On the whole, probably not.

In case they do, see my other post where I estimate 10^15
fission-triggered warheads based on the uranium content of Earth's
upper crust.

- Tim