I'm going to have to read up on that because before there
was the coined term "fission" what did the scientist think
was going on inside the sun...
obviously they didn't know before the term was coined
because there was no term for what they found was occurring.
Oh wow you actually cottoned onto why the atomic weapon page doesn't mention QM.
Okay lets give you the modern answer for what they were playing with which is called the strong nuclear force
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_interaction The binding energy that is partly released on the breakup of a nucleus is related to the residual strong force and is harnessed in nuclear power and fission-type nuclear weapons.
It requires the theory of quantum chromodynamics(QCD) and if QM is wrong you need a new explaination of atomic explosions.
You starting to see why we don't give a rats what all the layman believe and ignore them, and why you are giving me constant humour.
As Bill G correctly stated no QM, no atomic bomb, at least not without inventing some energy from somewhere else.
