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Re: Tactical nukes (was: Real Pics Of New Mecha)
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Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:53:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, James Powell writes:
> 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...
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 "softened" by a nuclear device, it's
mentioned that no one wanted to linger very long there, even in a suit...
I wouldn't be surprised that someone is working on a defense contract to
produce a similar form of infantry armor / radiation shielding. The current
radhaz battlefield guidelines for infantry is for them to hitch a ride on the
outside of a tank which should protect them from radiation from the ground,
but doesn't do a whole lot to protect against, for example, contaminated air-
borne dust.
> @22 lbs for U235, -at normal density-, if you compress it, the weight required
> goes downwards _a lot_.
I think s/weight/volume/ , right? Wouldn't it still be 22 lbs. but very
tightly packed, or is it a lesser mass?
> For the 1.5 kt warhead (W25, which was the air-air version, used on F101,
> F102, F106 planes), the weight I have for the physics package is 68 kg
Dang. Dang. Nuclear anti-aircraft airbursts? Dang. BTW, is that the
smallest nuke the U.S. military procured, or do they get smaller? A 150-lb.
grenade is kinda heavy. :-,
> Tom Clancy's "The Sum of All Fears" is another good source, even if he says in
> the preface that he deliberately altered details (not so that the info
> wouldn't be out there, just so someone couldn't blame him for the big bang)
Probably since several key governments have already blamed him for a missing
sub. ;-)
Cheers,
- jsproat
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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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