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Message no. 1
From: Can I play with madness <MKNABUSCH@******.BITNET>
Subject: SRUN
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:30:20 -0500
First, the Shadowplay rifle (I thought) was using a
round with Californium(?) that, upon impact, decided
to go critical. Using the 'China Syndrome' it ate through
the armor and the person. But it has been a long time
since I read it.
Second, UV, not X-ray, is what Vamps hate. That's why
none of them go to a tanning salon. 8)
Harlequin
Defender of the Pun
Bad Joker extrodinaire
Message no. 2
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: SRUN
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 19:07:06 -0600
ITNR Rounds - Impact Triggered Nuclear Reaction Rounds

__________ _
/|1|2| 3 V |
|4| | | | |
\|_|_|_____|_| (excuse the drawing *sheepish grin*)

4 = Impact-triggered charge
1 = roughly wedge-shaped mass of U235 (or is it 238? Hell, I don't remember.)
2 = seaGEL spacing medium (aka blown agar gel w/o the water. It floats on co2)
3 = rest of uranium

On impact, the charge is supposed to blow 1 back into 3 with an incredible
velocity, thus obtaining critical energy and creating a small nuclear explosion
on the target.

This is also known as AMBD ammo - A Munchkin's Best Dream =)
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Gian-Paolo Musumeci [caris9-4@****.edu]
Supercomputing Applications
Message no. 3
From: Matt <mosbun@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Re: SRUN
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 09:34:21 -0500
Nope, the Shadowplay rifle was a Barrett usind DU rounds.

What's the 'China Syndrome'?

Matt
Message no. 4
From: Beta <S28H@******.BITNET>
Subject: Re[2]: SRUN
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 12:44:07 EST
> Nope, the Shadowplay rifle was a Barrett usind DU rounds.
>
> What's the 'China Syndrome'?
>
>Matt
=======================================================================
What's the China Syndrome? Thermonuclear core meltdown. Unless my
memory is incorrect,it's when the rods in a nuclear reactor get too hot,
either from lack of coolant or some other reason. The final result is a
meltdown. Try to resist that with a straight body roll... :)
=-=-=- Beta =-=-=-
Message no. 5
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: SRUN
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 16:20:13 -0500
>>>>> "M" == Matt <mosbun@******.cc.purdue.edu> writes:

M> Nope, the Shadowplay rifle was a Barrett usind DU rounds.

Obviously written by someone who doesn't know their firearms :). You don't
use DU for anti-personnel work. It's too expensive, and very dangerous to
work with. Tungsten is just as good, if not better, and cost a hell of a
lot less.

Oh, did I mention that uranium is a toxic substance?

M> What's the 'China Syndrome'?

``The China Syndrome'' is a movie about a nuclear reactor melting down.

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Message no. 6
From: Can I play with madness <MKNABUSCH@******.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: SRUN
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 16:44:06 -0500
China Syndrome. Not only does it melt, it decideds to use
_anything_ it touches as fuel to keep the reaction
going. Earth, dirt, ores, minerals. Supposedly if this
ever happened the core would eat a hole to china. *grin*
Riiight. But still a nasty situation. Check out the movie
called China Syndrome for better explaination.
Harlequin
Message no. 7
From: Michael Garoni <Michael_Garoni@****.INTERSOLV.COM>
Subject: Re[2]: SRUN
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 09:03:00 LCL
Matt:
> Nope, the Shadowplay rifle was a Barrett usind DU rounds.
>
> What's the 'China Syndrome'?

Obi Wan:
The China Syndrome was a movie based on a nuclear reactor meltdown. The name of
the movie was taken from a term used to define the effects of a meltdown, in
that the core would get so hot that it burrow its way down through the Earth to
China.
Message no. 8
From: What's this button do? <GRAFF85@********.CORTLAND.EDU>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: SRUN
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 16:49:18 -0400
>> What's the 'China Syndrome'?
>>
>>Matt
>========================================================================
> What's the China Syndrome? Thermonuclear core meltdown. Unless my
>memory is incorrect,it's when the rods in a nuclear reactor get too hot,
>either from lack of coolant or some other reason. The final result is a
>meltdown. Try to resist that with a straight body roll... :)
> =-=-=- Beta =-=-=-

Mostly correct...said "China Syndrome" is like the paranoia that spread
during the testing of the A-bomb with setting the atmosphere on fire, except
that they feared if a reactor went to melt down and it went through the
sheilding it would dig itself a proverbial "Hole to china"...hence the name..

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