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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Neutron Bomb
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Date: 22 Jan 91 01:56:55 GMT
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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:

>In practice there are some limiting factors.  You always get *some* blast
>and heat, for one thing.

A popular misconception seems to be that a "neutron bomb" only emits radiation
of some sort and has either no blast/heat or insignificant blast/heat.  I just
want to emphasize that when Henry says *some* he means *some*, as in still very
significant amounts of blast/heat.  Perhaps a better label for these devices
should have been "Reduced Blast/Heat/Etc. Warheads" instead of "Enhanced
Radiation Warheads".
-- 
Derek "Tigger" Terveer	det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG - MNFHA, NCS - UMN Women's Lax, MWD
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