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To: Abathar

I thought the neutron bomb has the radiation and the fallout (that's how it kills) but does not have the explosive power to destroy buildings. It wipes a city clean of life but lets the infrastructure remain intact.


20 posted on 12/06/2004 8:09:25 AM PST by BikerNYC
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To: BikerNYC
It has the radiation, but the high speed neutrons penetrate deeper and kill, but it doesn't have the fallout like a conventional nuke does. The blast is a lot smaller, and it is detonated a lot higher. There is always going to be some fallout, but it doesn't kick up nearly as much. It is also really good for armor, and if you were in a M1A2 the depleted uranium hull can actually ADD to the neutron radiation, not the place to be if one of those cooks off.
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Fusion/Fusion5.shtml
21 posted on 12/06/2004 8:18:30 AM PST by Abathar
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