In a message dated 31/03/2006, jpopelish@........ writes:

Is  anyone planning on trying to capture this  bump?
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,92910,00.html
>>    the spectacle of detonating a 700-ton  (635-metric ton) explosive in 
the Nevada desert
 
    It might be helpful if the weights were correctly  defined. There are 
metric tonnes, short tons and long tons, but there is no  such animal as a 
'metric ton'.
 

>>    James Tegnelia, head of the Defense Threat  Reduction Agency, a 
Pentagon unit that is working on technical aspects of how to  destroy deeply buried 
enemy weapons. 
 
    There are already quite a few nuclear ground burst  depressions at 
various test sites, which James could measure; Enewetak in  the Marshall Islands, 
for instance.
    If James had read up the history of WW II, he might  have heard about 
deep penetration 'Earthquake' bombs for destroying underground  sites. This is 
the only effective way that was found to destroy a deeply  buried installation. 
There are deep bunkers in Europe which were destroyed  this way in WW II, but 
which could be studied. How about the installations in  Iraq?
    I would be interested to know how the military  intend to detonate this 
amount of AN/FO? What about the toxic by-products? Check  which way the wind is 
blowing on the 2nd....
 
    Regards,
 
    Chris Chapman







In a message dated 31/03/2006, jpopelish@........ writes:
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    Regards,
 
    Chris Chapman