According to one weapons designer the only safe way to use it was to
fire from a hilltop into a valley from a jeep and then drive like hell
into the next valley.
If you are within 150m you will receive an instantly lethal dose. Within
400m you will receive up to 600 rem with is lethal. Even at to 1000m you
would likely get enough radiation to interfere with your warfighting
capacity.
Peter St. John wrote:
War is hell, but I wouldn't call it a "suicide device". The range of
the rocket is on the order of 1000 meters, and the effective radius at
the target is on the order of 100 m. You wouldn't want to shoot
yourself in the foot with one of these, you'd take out your own
batallion, but you are aiming at a valley or a hillside, not an
oncoming tank.
Peter
On 6/19/08, *Mike Davis* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
wrote:
To continue to be OT. Look up the Davey Crockett.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_%28nuclear_device%29>
It is a weapon meant exclusively for battlefield use. It is also
almost a suicide weapon.
Kilian CAVALOTTI wrote:
On Thursday 19 June 2008 06:58:44 am Robert G. Brown wrote:
Getting too big
or two small an explosion can either kill your own troops
or not kill
all of the enemy on an actual battlefield.
To add some more OT stuff to this thread, I don't think a
nuclear weapon has ever been used (or even considered being
used) to kill troops on a battlefield. Some cluster bombs
(hey, back on topic! :)) are probably enough for this purpose.
IMHO, a nuclear weapon is mainly a dissuasion weapon, ie, one
you claim you own to make your ennemies think twice before
they strike you. Or that you use against civilians to make
your point louder, and let your ennemies understand they'd
better surrender.
That's why I find the association between "nuclear weapon" and
"battlefield" a bit irrelevant.
Other than that, pretty interesting stuff. I'm unfortunately
supporting your conclusions.
Cheers,
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