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kg, but only 5.5 kg in the alpha phase. Any accidental detonation air force of the high explosive (in a fire or plane crash for example) would be certain to collapse the 6.2 kg delta phase core to the supercritical alpha phase state. The expected yield from the explosion would be on air force the order of tens of tons, roughly a factor of ten higher than the energy of the high explosive itself, to perhaps as high as the low hundreds air force of tons. The main hazard would be from gamma radiation however, which would be deadly well outside the main area of blast effects. A 20 ton explosion would produce a lethal 640 rem prompt gamma radiation exposure 250 m from the bomb! For transportation feasibility, as well as safety reasons, the implosion bombs were not transported in assembled form but were put together shortly before use. Due to the complexity of the weapon, this was a process that took at least 2 days (including checkout procedures).
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