You'd think a Pu softball would emit enough zoomies to be found. -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905
On Jan 28, 2011, at 22:21, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Agreed. > # 1 was completely intact; standing upright and supported by chute in tree; > 'backed a truck up to it; 'lowered it onto truck and hauled it away. Gas > reservoir of # 2 was found intact with the gas inside; pit never found; no HE > explosion. > > I never worried about 'em either, nor feared 'em. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Reames" <jwrea...@comcast.net> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 8:54 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT B-52 luxuries > > >> I'm guessing that the pits were intact, likely due to (relatively) >> insensitive HE, otherwise there would have been a big mess (sans mushroom), >> and there wouldn't be a secondary in the hole (it would be all over the >> countryside) >> >> Now, I would be worried if I heard of one that never left the ground and was >> in the all-but-one state. Likewise for any form of "care" package; they are >> likely designed to be difficult to impossible to set off (uber-fail-safe) >> when not armed, even if all deployment checks are met, but once armed aboard >> the means of deployment, strategically, they should fail-deadly... >> >> I'd bet that it is nigh-on-impossible to improperly make one go off, even >> with the procedures, and it would require a complete factory teardown to >> change things. >> >> It also sounds like the procedures to un-safe them have technical means of >> enforcing multi-person responsibility in a way that would make even the best >> financial controller's cash handling procedures look like petty theater... >> >> And THAT is why we are safe (and I don't worry about it (or fear them...)) _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
