Date: April 12, 1999 01:06 AM 
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Subject: Take out the war criminals ARKON and MilosoBitch with this: 




neutron bomb 

also called ENHANCED RADIATION WARHEAD, specialized type of small 
thermonuclear weapon that produces minimal blast and heat but which 
releases large amounts of lethal radiation. The neutron bomb delivers 
blast and heat effects that are confined to an area of only a few 
hundred yards in radius. But within a somewhat larger area it throws off 
a massive wave of neutron and gamma radiation, which can penetrate 
armour or several feet of earth. This radiation is extremely destructive 
to living tissue. Because of its short-range destructiveness and the 
absence of long-range effect, the neutron bomb would be highly effective 
against tank and infantry formations on the battlefield but would not 
endanger cities or other population centres only a few miles away. It 
can be carried in a Lance missile or delivered by an 8-inch 
(200-millimetre) howitzer, or possibly by attack aircraft. 

In strategic terms, the neutron bomb has a theoretical deterrent effect: 
discouraging an armoured ground assault by arousing the fear of neutron 
bomb counterattack. The bomb would disable enemy tank crews in minutes, 
and those exposed would die within days. U.S. production of the bomb was 
postponed in 1978 and resumed in 1981. excerpted from :Encyclopaedia 
Britannica 

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"thermonuclear bomb" Encyclopfdia Britannica Online 

 

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