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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Genie
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Date: 23 Apr 91 00:40:45 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)


>From: craigb@sdd.hp.com (Craig Bosworth)
>>6 Mile Range
>>1.5 kT Fission Warhead
>Erm, which brings up the question, what happens to an aircraft (say the one
>that launched the rocket) when a warhead of that size goes off at that 
>distance?

Nothing much; several miles is reasonably ample clearance for a warhead
that small.  It was tested, successfully.  (One of the very few live-warhead
tests of nuclear missiles, in fact.)
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