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From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Nuke rounds ?
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 10:14:01 -0500
On Fri, 8 Oct 1993, The Powerhouse wrote:

> You weren't thinking of depleted uranium rounds were you ? I don't know much
> about guns and ammo but from the stuff I've seen on the list I gather that you
> could safely use DU tipped bullets, adds to the density of the round and so
> has a great penetrating ability.

What I was (sillilly) referring to was not DU rounds. They're pretty
dull. I was referring to a round with enough conventional explosive in
it to push a radioactive mass to critical causing a small fission explosion.

Don't thwap me, I know its stupid, but just think about it . . . the
Terminator (robot) with a mini-gun shooting nuclear bullets....

Just think about it......

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