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From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Disposition of American Battleships
Keywords: ships, disposition
Message-ID: <1990Oct24.012029.19707@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 24 Oct 90 01:20:29 GMT
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From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman)

In article <1990Oct19.032216.11798@cbnews.att.com> gabriele@riverdale.toronto.edu (Mark Gabriele ) writes:
>
>
>Test Able was above ground; test Baker was a shallow-water burst, and
>test Charlie was to be a deep-water burst.  Test Charlie was never 
>conducted.  It is interesting to note that they physicists present theorized
>that the pressure wave from the deep-water blast would actually create a
>large block of ice as one of its effects.
> 

No flame, but I find this hard to believe since water is one of the
few substances which is actually densest as a liquid (at 4 degrees
C., with one atmosphere pressure).  Perhaps the scientists in question
forgot about the hydrogen bonding properties of water....

-shane


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