Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdcad!military From: chidsey@smoke.brl.mil (Irving Chidsey) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Styrofoam filled Mine sweepers Message-ID: <1991Apr5.092502.8972@amd.com> Date: 4 Apr 91 16:16:43 GMT Article-I.D.: amd.1991Apr5.092502.8972 References: <1991Mar30.020556.28498@amd.com> <1991Apr4.042746.13412@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 21 Approved: military@amd.com From: Irving Chidsey >From: phil@brahms.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) >kinney@wku.edu (Mark Kinney) writes: >>the styrofoam would keep the ship afloat despite mine detonations >And the propellor and rudder are unprotected. But a long way behind the front of the styrofoam. Unless the mine is designed to fire when the stern of a loooong ship passes, they should be safe. On the other hand, designing a mine to explode when the signature is finished shouldn't be that difficult. -- I do not have signature authority. I am not authorized to sign anything. I am not authorized to commit the BRL, the DA, the DOD, or the US Government to anything, not even by implication. They do not tell me what their policy is. They may not have one. Irving L. Chidsey