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From: smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Accidental Turret Explosions
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Date: 24 Apr 89 02:57:45 GMT
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From: smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin)

In article <5827@cbnews.ATT.COM>, marco@ncsc.navy.mil (Barbarisi) writes:
> ...  I simply can't understand
> how so many were killed by the blast.

There is a news report that many of the men were killed by smoke and
lack of oxygen, not by the direct effects of the fire and blast.