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Re: Taxes from Lego auctions?
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Sat, 25 Dec 1999 13:52:40 GMT
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On Sat, 25 Dec 1999 03:19:08 GMT, "James Powell"
<wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote:
> Nope. Between 1.5Kt and 20-40Kt for a straight Fission weapon. Dirtyness has
Really? My information was incorrect, then. I must admit "The modern
terrorist's guide to building the atom bomb" isn't all that likely to
be completely accurate, of course ;) (somehing like that. It's on the
net somewhere, anyway, though I didn't keep the URL. Detailed
construction of Little Boy and Fat Man, basically.)
> very little to do with the weapon itself. If the bomb is a airburst, then it
> will be relatively clean, if it is a ground burst, it will be dirty (it takes
> the crap off the ground with it, and irradiates it...most of the fallout is not
> bomb material in and of itself, but dirt/water that is too close to the bomb
> and gets irradiated.
Indeed. There's not that much material in an atom bomb. The things
only weighed a ton in '45, so they should be less nowadays.
> Not as bad as that...it depends on altitude. If the bomb is a FOBS or similar,
> then yes, I can see 1/2 continent. If it is a normal bomb delivered by plane,
> the effects will be limited to around line of sight + propigation (wierd
> numbers start coming into play here...)
Well, yeah. But what happens when you detonate one at HEO altitude?
Would be one hell of an eco-freak/luddite terrorists' weapon.
Jasper
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| (...) Nope. Between 1.5Kt and 20-40Kt for a straight Fission weapon. Dirtyness has very little to do with the weapon itself. If the bomb is a airburst, then it will be relatively clean, if it is a ground burst, it will be dirty (it takes the crap (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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