AW: [ RadSafe ] RE: Report on NAS Study on Bunker Buster NuclearWeapons

[Franz Schönhofer]

John,

All DU penetration ammunition contains in a (stainless steel?) casing DU in
the form of rods. Dimensions can be easily found on the internet. 

So it is quite logical, that larger rods might have a much more devastating
and penetrating effect. But I am convinced that it is not at all done by
throwing down DU rods to the earth (where from?). The penetration through
soil should in my opinion differ greatly from the penetration through a tank
shielding. Modern methods for shielding against bullets and also DU
ammunition have shown strikingly evidence that such materials which can
easily absorbs shocks and impact are very active. Or why do you think
military all of the world uses since more than hundred years sandsacks as a
defence against enemy fire???

I cannot avoid to wonder, what this ammunition should be good for. Destroy
the communication of your enemy and everything will follow. 

The "colloquial" name of this weapon as "Rods from God" is disgusting and
shows all the cynism of designers of so called "modern" weapons. 

Best regards,

Franz

Franz Schoenhofer
PhD, MR iR
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Vienna
AUSTRIA
phone -43-0699-1168-1319


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im
> Auftrag von John Jacobus
> Gesendet: Samstag, 04. Juni 2005 20:41
> An: Jaro; know_nukes at yahoogroups.com; RADSAFE
> Betreff: Re: [ RadSafe ] RE: Report on NAS Study on Bunker Buster
> NuclearWeapons
> 
> I guess not everyone has heard of using uraniun rods
> as munitions. Do you have references?
> 
> --- Jaro <jaro-10kbq at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > This NAS Study on Bunker Busters is silly.
> >
> > Its publicly known that DU rods, perhaps 20 feet
> > long and one foot in
> > diameter, striking at speeds upwards of 12,000 feet
> > per second, could reach
> > hardened bunkers several stories underground.
> > Its not a new concept.
> > They're colloquially called "Rods from God", because
> > they come down from
> > space -- like any other
> 
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea and never
> shrinks back to its original proportion." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
> 
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com
> 
> 
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