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From: lewis@saint (Keith Lewis)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Weapons design
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Date: 30 Aug 90 02:58:19 GMT
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From: lewis@saint (Keith Lewis)

In article <1990Aug28.042821.29421@cbnews.att.com> akcs.shaulp@tronsbox.xei.com (Shaul Peleg) writes:

> I am still in high school and am very interested in weapons design. I was
>wondering, if I were to pursue it, what type of engineering deals with the
>design of weapons (guns, artillery, missiles).
>
> The only two I can think of are mechanical and aeronautical engineering.

Electrical engineering - lots of electronics in missiles.
Chemical engineering - manufacture of explosives.