| From: | "David M Girardot (Girardot, David)" <GIRARDOT@********.BITNET> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Nukes |
| Date: | Sat, 24 Oct 92 01:32:33 edt |
>>>>>>>
>>>>>[ Nuclear devices, tactical surgical or not, DO produce an huge
electro-
mnetic pulse. It is not an issue of size, believe me. Rather, it is "der
Natur des Tieres" (nature of the beast). I will conceed the fact that it can
be argued that the magniture of the EM pulse is contingent on the size of the
device, and that on that would have such a small area of effect (I still say,
from what I know, it was not anthing of the sort) would not have a pulse
large
enough to cripple all electronics in the area--if they were magnetically
based.
Optical chips are not affected by EM disturbancs.]<<<<<
-- Doctor Doom <*:*:*/*-*-*>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[ Not up on yer gear, eh Doctor? Tacnukes ain't really nukes at
all
but they share certain similarities ... and well, the name stuck. Think of a
tacnuke as a nuclear strike but with a very narrow window of effect, say the
size of a couple football fields. Damage ratios drop sharply after the
initial area effect and there is nocollateral heat blast and the fallout and
EM shock are almost negligible. The real beaut about these babies is that
you can't get much cleaner ... we're talking a brief flash of light and then
a crater and noone knows what hit em. ]<<<<<<
-- Mr. Merc (22:29:21/10-24-53)
>>>>>>[ But Mr. Doom is quite correct on one important point, Merc. The
DATRF is a house organ, and is fairly meaningless. 'Course you can't blame
them for spreading lies ... the knowledge that some maniac is hosing Orks
from his private satellite is pretty unnerving. I wonder if it has anything
to do with the recent murders? ]<<<<<<
-- ShoveSkull (22:33:33/10-24-53)
>>>>>>[ Murders? ]<<<<<<
-- Fred (22:53:12/10-24-53)
--David
