Re: [Vo]:Bugs and Bombs

2010-09-21 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > I believe it was Curtis LeMay who favored dropping the second bomb because > he felt it was important to get "field experience" with implosion bombs. > He was a charming fellow. I guess that's the kind of person it takes to win > wars, regre

Re: [Vo]:Bugs and Bombs

2010-09-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: > Okay. It was a test. Twice. Critical proximity and compressed mass. > I believe it was Curtis LeMay who favored dropping the second bomb because he felt it was important to get "field experience" with implosion bombs. He was a charming fellow. I guess that's the kind of

Re: [Vo]:Bugs and Bombs

2010-09-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Taylor J. Smith wrote: >> test > > Yes.  I'm sure they were all tests.  So far, we have exploded only two > in hostile. Hostility. Anger. Retaliation. Okay. It was a test. Twice. Critical proximity and

Re: [Vo]:Bugs and Bombs

2010-09-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Taylor J. Smith wrote: > test Yes. I'm sure they were all tests. So far, we have exploded only two in hostile. T ~

Re: [Vo]:Bugs and Bombs

2010-09-20 Thread Taylor J. Smith
test Terry Blanton wrote: > > The Times has some fascinating stills from the days of atmospheric testing: > > http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/14/science/20100914_atom.html > > Of particular interest are those fast shutter images of a detonation. > The images look like large alien i

[Vo]:Bugs and Bombs

2010-09-20 Thread Terry Blanton
The Times has some fascinating stills from the days of atmospheric testing: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/14/science/20100914_atom.html Of particular interest are those fast shutter images of a detonation. The images look like large alien insects. T