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In article N_bhe.245$_f7.113@trndny01, George Patterson wrote:
Actually, the poster who has provided the most information regarding weights and sizes of various extant weapons is from the Isle of Mann. All the information is public (indeed, the Davy Crockett features in a museum in the United States), and the films/photos of all the testing is declassified. The Nuclear Weapons archive website has pretty comprehensive information. A great deal of the footage is now nicely packaged in a movie called 'Trinity and Beyond - The Atom Bomb Movie' (which was narrated by William Shatner) I'm fascinated by cold war history, especially the technical aspects. The Davy Crockett is actually a rather interesting one (not just its small size and small yield, being close to the theoretical minimum size possible), but also how aptly it is named. The Davy Crockett crew would almost certainly be committing suicide if they ever had to use one in anger against advancing Soviet troops! -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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"Jay Beckman" wrote in message news:SYXhe.21809$Fa1.6664@fed1read02... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:K9Lge.76006$WI3.51424@attbi_s71... The figures I heard were about 4,000 illegal infiltrators a night, and an estimate of 1-million a year crossing the southern border. Yeah, I wonder if "Operation Minuteman" (or whatever the heck it's called) is having any effect? Or if all the good ole boy volunteers got tired of driving around the desert, and went home... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Jay H, It's unusual for you to jump to stereotypes... Yeah, some of them probably came with the twisted idea of going Mexican hunting, but most of the volunteers were armed with nothing more than a pair of binoculars, a radio and a cooler of soda. Many elderly residents of southern AZ took part. Hmm...since you mentioned stereotypes...is it unusual for YOU to jump to them? "...some of them probably came with the twisted idea of going Mexican hunting". If they did, it was after being told for weeks beforehand to lose that notion. The organizers were quite explicit in defining the rules of engagement. |
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Jay Beckman wrote:
What's a "Manpack?" Also called a "backpack nuke." George Patterson "Naked" means you ain't got no clothes on; "nekkid" means you ain't got no clothes on - and are up to somethin'. |
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George Patterson wrote: Jay Beckman wrote: What's a "Manpack?" Also called a "backpack nuke." That's the one. foot deliverable ... |
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"george" wrote That's the one. foot deliverable ... That would be OK with me, as long as the timer has a long enough setting on it; say a couple days? g -- Jim in NC |
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