20 Sep
2004
20 Sep
'04
11:47 a.m.
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
(Remember the Hiroshima bomb was *not* tested, so sure were the scientists. Trinity
My understanding (and I am *positive* someone will correct me if I'm wrong) was that there was a shortage of both fissionable materials and appropriate [altimeter] fuse mechanisms, making testing a outside of enemy territory a losing proposition. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org 0xBD4A95BF "...justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do not. And people's rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out about them." Osama Bin Laden - - - "There aught to be limits to freedom!" George Bush - - - Which one scares you more?