When I took the combat engineering course during my time with the Canadian Armed Forces, I was very familiar with how effective RDX is. We destroyed an old Sherman Tank with only about 5 pounds of the stuff.
larry On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:50:01 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry wrote: > > 380 tons is not decimal dust. Considering that only one pound of RDX > > destroyed that Pan-Am flight over Lockerbie Scotland, that's a lot of > > potential hurt. > > Not to diminish the danger of the stuff, but it doesn't take much of > an explosion to take out an aircraft. They are pressurized and the > loss of any control surface can be catastophic; not to mention if the > fuel tank is breached. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133691 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
