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BTW The 6 Yellow Missiles on the back are Tactical Nuclear (...) just light the battle field, it would blind it! ;-) Chef (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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There are such things as low-yield nukes, which have a small blast range and are used on smaller targets. The US military has "man packs," so called because they can be carried in a backpack. They are of approximate strength that they can destroy a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Mark's is correct. And I specifically stated "Tactical" Nuclear Missiles, not things like the "H-Bomb" and etc. And I was kidding when I said that it would "light" the battlefield. Anyways, don't you think that the missiles would be to the advantage (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Actually, I've heard the same thing but I believe it is actually the Russian Government that possessed such devices and subsequently lost them - along with numerous rumored caches of Russian military firearms allegedly hidden around North (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Sounds like something from Starship Troopers, if you've seen that movie ;-) (...) Actually, someone told me about those once. (...) Yup (...) Chef (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) They're in the book, too. Some of the MI had Y-racks on their backs from which they could lob several tac-nukes to either side. Heinlein doesn't specifically mention yield, but it's inferred that the lethal radius of the blast is well below (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I can't speak for Tom in this matter, but I've heard that Spamnium is a pretty powerful explosive source. ^__^ ~M (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) We at Sproat Labs tried working with Spamnium (including its dirivatives Spamtomium, Spamitillium, and the dreaded Twice-Baked Spamcake), but it emitted so many bogon particles that we quickly exhausted our reserves of Fruitcake shielding... (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sure. Look at the USMC...they _issued_ (to the div. level) 1.5kt nukes, that were man portable. Only one little problem...the rocket propelling the nuke had a range of about 2km, and the radiation was lethal at about 2.5km... (...) @22 lbs (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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LOL! Good ones, Mark and Jeremy! Hmmm... Here in my universe, Spamnium is too powerful for our reactors to bear... Just last week 12 colonies were whipped-out when one reactor went critical! Damn spam, wish we never even mined it! ;-) Mladen (...) (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) LOL! "Military intelligence" hard at work. :-, In Starship Troopers (and Ogre/G.E.V.) anyway, this is addressed by the radiation suits the troops wore (as you later note). At some point in the book, when they need to penetrate an area (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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