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From: JRAMSDEN@WL7.Prime.COM
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Subject: FAE's in Desert Storm
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Date: 27 Jan 91 10:50:15 GMT
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From: JRAMSDEN@WL7.Prime.COM


Does anyone know if fuel-air explosive (FAE) bombs have been  used  in
Desert  Storm yet, particularly on the Republican Guard or other Iraqi
positions in Quwait ?

Also, I have read that detonating FAEs to their best effect (or  worst
depending  on your perspective :-) is a delicate balancing act between
the mixture being too dilute, in which case nothing happens,  and  too
concentrated,  whereupon  it  just  burns  normally.  So would a large
amount of smoke in the atmosphere  have  an  impact  on  their  use  ?
Naturally  one  would  expect smoke in a battlefield, but I'm thinking
about the large oil fires we've seen recently in Kuwait.


John R Ramsden  (jramsden@enh.Prime.Com)
Prime Computer, Inc.
Framingham, Mass.

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