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Uranium is too damned heavy for a carryable weapon.
David F Mayer
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7/31/2005 4:56:57 AM
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Forget it. The entire thing is just scuttlebutt.
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This is not an empirical statement, maybe not even rational, but I have a gut feeling...
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Jacob Samorodin
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7/31/2005 1:46:33 AM
re: This is not an empirical statement, maybe not even rational, but I have a gut feeling...
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Last S.O.B. Standing
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8/20/2005 5:54:23 PM
Tel Aviv, New York, or Moscow?
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E.P. Grondine
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7/31/2005 7:21:47 PM
Bin Laden is Alive and Healthy
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Lindy
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8/2/2005 7:08:35 PM
Why spread such nonsense.
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David F Mayer
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7/31/2005 3:07:54 AM
re: Why spread such nonsense.
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Last S.O.B. Standing
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8/20/2005 5:38:34 PM
Wow...
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R.L.
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8/21/2005 1:41:55 AM
Check this out
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Gary
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7/31/2005 4:39:18 AM
Those Damned Dirty Apes
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Alan G. Archer
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7/31/2005 8:32:12 AM
U235 warheads last the longest time, but are the heaviest.
(n/t)
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David F Mayer
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8/2/2005 7:16:26 PM
Uranium is too damned heavy for a carryable weapon.
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David F Mayer
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7/31/2005 4:56:57 AM
David, maybe you should look into the facts before making such declarations
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R.L.
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7/31/2005 8:01:04 PM
If 163 pounds is carryable, then I am wrong.
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David F Mayer
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8/1/2005 3:16:22 PM
Follow the links
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Gary
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8/1/2005 4:43:57 PM
Pardon me, I reread David's previous post
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Gary.... (blush)
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8/1/2005 4:52:23 PM
Follow the links
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Gary
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7/31/2005 5:26:42 AM
"The entire unit weighed less than 163 pounds."
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David F Mayer
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8/1/2005 3:13:12 PM
The MK54 suitcase nuke has the same basic bomb as the Davy Crockett.
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Tom Brosz
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7/31/2005 5:50:02 AM
Do you have a link for that?
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Gary
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7/31/2005 6:09:11 AM
Another paper on the subject
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Tom Brosz
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8/1/2005 12:12:15 AM
Sockpile stewardship
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Gary
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8/1/2005 6:05:25 AM
I am awful at Sockpile stewardship
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R.L.
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8/2/2005 9:12:04 AM
More about ex-Soviet hardware
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GAry
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7/31/2005 4:54:00 AM
re: Why spread such nonsense.
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Alan G. Archer
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7/31/2005 4:29:38 AM
re: Why spread such nonsense.
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Last S.O.B. Standing
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8/20/2005 5:19:23 PM
Of bleach blonds and bombs
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Alan G. Archer
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8/21/2005 1:43:57 AM
And what about that Pakistani nuclear engineer.....
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Lindy
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7/31/2005 4:47:55 AM
He sold PLANS, not bombs.
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David F Mayer
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7/31/2005 4:59:11 AM
I would hazard a guess........
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Lindy
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7/31/2005 6:41:17 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.