Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: kaminsky-david@CS.YALE.EDU (David Kaminsky) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: NOVA broadcast, destroying poison gas Message-ID: <1990Oct26.020429.26352@cbnews.att.com> Date: 26 Oct 90 02:04:29 GMT References: <1990Oct25.150445.899@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 12 Approved: military@att.att.com From: kaminsky-david@CS.YALE.EDU (David Kaminsky) I watched some of the NOVA program. They spoke of the difficulties in disposing of poison gas. I was just wondering why the canisters are not deposited at the site of a nuclear test. Wouldn't the gas be destroyed in the heat of the blast? David