On 3 Jan, Ron Johnson wrote:
> [snip]
>> Wrong. Natural uranium is >99% U238, with trace amounts of U235
>> and U235. The latter two species have much higher specific activities,
>> which is why they are useful for reactors/bombs. Depleted uranium is
>> what's left over after the U235 a
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:37:17 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 10:13 -0500, Christopher Judd wrote:
> > On 29 Dec, dorn hetzel wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:48:56AM -0800, bandito wrote:
> > >> i think they'd be used more as an environmental contaminant
On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 10:01 -0500, Christopher Judd wrote:
> On 29 Dec, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> > On Tuesday 28 December 2004 08:28 pm, Sam Watkins wrote:
> >> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
[snip]
> Wrong. Natural uranium is >99% U238, with trace amounts of
On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 10:13 -0500, Christopher Judd wrote:
> On 29 Dec, dorn hetzel wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:48:56AM -0800, bandito wrote:
> >> i think they'd be used more as an environmental contaminant than
> >> something intended to actually cause death... setting off a big one in a
On 29 Dec, dorn hetzel wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:48:56AM -0800, bandito wrote:
>> i think they'd be used more as an environmental contaminant than
>> something intended to actually cause death... setting off a big one in a
>> city wouldnt kill THAT many people, but it'd keep them out of t
On 29 Dec, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 December 2004 08:28 pm, Sam Watkins wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
>> > >The worst "terrorist" is America, with your depleted uranium
>> > >"dirty-bombs" which you throw around at every opportunity,
>
> A
agreed, the intended effect of DU rounds versus dirty bombs are quite
different. but while it certainly may be easier to clean up than other
more common contaminants, i think the people who live in the areas where
we're firing this stuff are pretty content to let it sit there and have
their kids mu
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:48:56AM -0800, bandito wrote:
> i think they'd be used more as an environmental contaminant than
> something intended to actually cause death... setting off a big one in a
> city wouldnt kill THAT many people, but it'd keep them out of the
> contaminated area until the ra
i think they'd be used more as an environmental contaminant than
something intended to actually cause death... setting off a big one in a
city wouldnt kill THAT many people, but it'd keep them out of the
contaminated area until the radioactive material was cleaned up (or a
few millions years passes
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 22:47, Ron Johnson wrote:
> What's as effective as DU at piercing modern armor?
This was my question as well. I mean, DU is so damn heavy, and that's what
makes it amazing.
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On Tuesday 28 December 2004 08:28 pm, Sam Watkins wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > >The worst "terrorist" is America, with your depleted uranium
> > >"dirty-bombs" which you throw around at every opportunity,
A dirty bomb is a nuclear device designed to kill
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 22:08 -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Sam Watkins wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >
> >>>The worst "terrorist" is America, with your depleted uranium
> >>>"dirty-bombs" which you throw around at every opportunity,
> >>
> >>Cite? Ou
Sam Watkins wrote:
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
The worst "terrorist" is America, with your depleted uranium
"dirty-bombs" which you throw around at every opportunity,
Cite? Outside of Hiroshima and Nagasaki I don't recall a
detonation of any atomic or nuclear
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >The worst "terrorist" is America, with your depleted uranium
> >"dirty-bombs" which you throw around at every opportunity,
>
> Cite? Outside of Hiroshima and Nagasaki I don't recall a
> detonation of any atomic or nuclear dev
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