It won't; it will predetonate, producing a "fizzle yield". With plutonium, the nuclear reaction starts so fast that the big problem is getting the critical assembly fully assembled before it blows itself apart.
With enriched uranium, the reaction starts so slowly that the gun bomb will work. That's why nuclear proliferation people are much more worried about enriched uranium than plutonium.
It won't; it will predetonate, producing a "fizzle yield". With plutonium, the nuclear reaction starts so fast that the big problem is getting the critical assembly fully assembled before it blows itself apart.
With enriched uranium, the reaction starts so slowly that the gun bomb will work. That's why nuclear proliferation people are much more worried about enriched uranium than plutonium.