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From: john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.sci
Subject: Re: Plutonium
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Date: Wed, 30-Apr-86 09:36:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 30 09:36:47 1986
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In article <796@ccird2.UUCP> rb@ccird2.UUCP (Rex Ballard) writes:
>In article <708@whuts.UUCP> orb@whuts.UUCP (SEVENER) writes:
.......
>>to distribute a mere few pounds of plutonium in such a way that it
>>*would* kill everyone on Earth.
>
>Aren't neutron bombs intended to do something like this?
No. Neutron bombs are not designed to spread plutonium or any other
radioactive substance. A neutron bomb is a device which has a much
higher than normal prompt neutron flux, thus causing more deaths
from PROMPT radiation than a normal bomb of the same explosive power.
Neutron bombs, by the way, do still make a big bang, just not as
big as they would otherwise. There is a difference between a prompt
release of radiation (which means photons and fast moving particles)
and the release of radioactive material (which LATER releases photons
or fast moving particles).
-- 
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