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In 2008, a remote Russian missile station was overwhelmed and held for a week. When the station was retaken, 241 on one warhead was three quarters of a kilo lighter. The missing 241 surfaced at the opera house siege in Kiev on the 14th.

What does "241 on one" mean?

Source: Christopher Nolan's movie Tenet (2020)

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  • (Plutonium-)241 "on one warhead", as opposed to "on the other warhead".
    – Maciej Stachowski
    Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 9:16
  • on one warhead means?
    – Marcus Tirkey
    Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 9:16
  • The link you supply explains what '241' refers to. The sentence refers to the 241 on one (particular) warhead.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 9:17
  • Is "one" necessary after "on"?
    – Marcus Tirkey
    Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 9:21
  • There were several warheads. One of them had some 241 missing. If there had been a single warhead, it would read "241 on the warhead..."
    – Weather Vane
    Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 9:47

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In this case, "241" means "Plutonium 241", a radioactive chemical (technically an isotope).

It's not plutonium 241 on one warhead. It's plutonium 241 on one warhead. It would be more accurate to say the plutonium in the warhead, but they chose to say on, for some reason.

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