Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Ian@SRI-NIC From: Ian%SRI-NIC@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Lunar artillery Message-ID: <509@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 1-Apr-84 12:48:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.509 Posted: Sun Apr 1 12:48:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 5-Apr-84 00:56:02 EST Lines: 7 From: Ian Macky I seem to remember that the projectiles the Americans and Russians were firing at each other were high-velocity rifle rounds, not some sort of heavy artillery, which is why they were fired parallel to the ground, and so were able to make it all the way around and sneak up from behind.