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To: Ilaine who wrote (37009)8/11/2002 12:17:12 PM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Yes, I remember those arguments. The funny thing about "enhanced radiation weapons", as I believe they were formally named, is that I doubt they were really as clean as they were made out to be. Compared to, say, the currently popular scaremongering over hypothetical "dirty bombs", I imagine even the cleanest neutron bomb would likely leave enough radioactivity to make any "dirty" bomb look pretty hygienic.



To: Ilaine who wrote (37009)8/12/2002 1:30:27 AM
From: D. Long  Respond to of 281500
 
Actually you'd still get property destruction, just less of it, as I understand them. Smaller blast, bigger radiation burst. The target would still glow in the dark. :)

Derek


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