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To: not_apathetic_anymore
"What does the descriptor "smart" mean relative to nukes?"

It means it won't blow up until you're a safe distance away!

25 posted on 03/21/2004 10:26:43 AM PST by doug9732
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To: doug9732
:) See I told 'ya I knew nothing.

To me the concept that one should be far away before detonation would be a given on even the stupidest weapon system. But then I guess I have to remember that we're dealing with a mentality that idolizes suicide bombers, so I guess it isn't such a given to certain zealots.
29 posted on 03/21/2004 10:33:50 AM PST by not_apathetic_anymore
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To: doug9732
The smallest nuclear bomb available if unmaintained(deliberately by it's seller by the way) would most likely end up exploding with very little force and leave a dirty mess for a few blocks in every direction based on the wind.

You'd be lucky to break the glass in a storefront where it was placed.

Now if it's yield and power was maintained for the life of it's manufacture date, that's a different scenario.

59 posted on 03/21/2004 11:33:15 AM PST by blackdog (I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
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