Geopolitical Darwin Awards

[J.A. Terranson]

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.

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Yours,

J.A. Terranson
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  "...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
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  "There aught to be limits to freedom!"    George Bush
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