Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: pierson@cimnet.dec.com Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Mines (Nuclear Mines) Message-ID: <11967@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 5 Dec 89 03:54:58 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 42 Approved: military@att.att.com From: pierson@cimnet.dec.com In article <11917@cbnews.ATT.COM>, mmm@cup.portal.com writes... >From: mmm@cup.portal.com >I remember seeing pictures of nuclear mines, both for land and sea. (It was >in an article about a nuclear weapons museum on a military base in New >Mexico.) Can anyone enlighten me as to what these were intended to be used >for? For general interest, a book titled US Nuclear Weapons (Neil Hansen?) (About $30) goes over the entire (public) history of the US Nuclear weapons program, including device by device what the (known) characteristics are/were. Its in print, its also on discount at some book stores. Neil was involved in the defense of the "how to build an H-Bomb" case. The defense turned on the fact that all the allegedly classified info was, in fact, publicly available. While documenting this for the trial, he acquired quite a set of info. The book is _extensively_ footnoted for sources... The other nomenclature for the "land mines" is ADM, Atomic Demolition Munition, which describes their use (much) more accurately. As I understand it, the objective is to be able to thoroughly block/destroy battlefield access: tunnels, mountain passes, fortifications... >(Can you imagine a truck running over a mine, then a nuclear explosion >takes place?) Apparently, they were usually time fused... In any case, vehicles were not the target, per se. > Were these things ever put into production? Yes. I would have to look up the submarine N Mines... thanks dave pierson |The facts as accurately as I can manage, Digital Equipment Corporation |The opinions, my own 600 Nickerson Rd Marlboro, Mass 01752 pierson@cimnet.enet.dec.com