Re: cities are only a few kilotons apart

2003-01-31 Thread Eugen Leitl 
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:

 Is kilotons a typo or do Europeans enjoy a dark sense of cartography?

towns and villages are only 1-2 kilotons apart is from W. Arkin, F.  
Von Hippel, and B. G. Levi, The Consequences of a Limited Nuclear War in
East and West Germany, Ambio 11 (1982) : 172.

cities are only a few kilotons apart

2003-01-31 Thread Major Variola (ret) 
At 02:21 PM 1/31/03 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:
A bit too expensive, especially in Germany. I also like being able to
work
on the train -- given that here cities are only a few kilotons apart
and
ICEs are pretty speedy flying can take longer.

Is kilotons a typo or do Europeans enjoy a dark sense of cartography?