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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
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Subject: Re: Hardened structures. (Sidebar re hangers)
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Date: 4 Feb 91 05:06:35 GMT
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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
In article davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown) writes...
/  If you have a weapon with a low angle of attack (ie, close to horizontal),
/and a laser designator, you can hit the entrances of hardened structures,
/which are usually less hard.
/  This is particularly true of large entrances, like hanger doors.

The Iraqis have anticipated this method of attack by erecting large reinfored
concrete walls in front of their doors.