The potentialenergy of the atomic nucleus is roughly 10,000 times greater thanthat of the outer shell. Such is the magnitude of differencebetween attacking an objective by only going skin deep versusstriking directly into the heart.(Photo: Shutterstock)
If you had the choice, which would you rather have explode 50miles away from you: a stick of dynamite or an atomic bomb?
You don't have to be a nuclear physicist to know it's a farbetter thing to be an hour's drive away from exploding dynamitethan an hour's drive away from an exploding atomic bomb. And I'mnot just talking about the radiation; I'm talking about the actualphysical force.
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