Dangerous Cessna evacuates govt again

[Dylan Smith]

In article <N_bhe.245$_f7.113@trndny01>, George Patterson wrote:
> Actually, the poster who has provided the most information regarding weights and
> sizes of various extant weapons is from the Isle of Mann.

All the information is public (indeed, the Davy Crockett features in a
museum in the United States), and the films/photos of all the testing
is declassified. The Nuclear Weapons archive website has pretty
comprehensive information. A great deal of the footage is now nicely
packaged in a movie called 'Trinity and Beyond - The Atom Bomb Movie'
(which was narrated by William Shatner)

I'm fascinated by cold war history, especially the technical aspects.

The Davy Crockett is actually a rather interesting one (not just its
small size and small yield, being close to the theoretical minimum size
possible), but also how aptly it is named. The Davy Crockett crew would
almost certainly be committing suicide if they ever had to use one in
anger against advancing Soviet troops!

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[Matt Barrow]

"Jay Beckman" > wrote in message
news:SYXhe.21809$Fa1.6664@fed1read02...
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
> news:K9Lge.76006$WI3.51424@attbi_s71...
> >> The figures I heard were about 4,000 illegal infiltrators a night, and
> >> an estimate of 1-million a year crossing the southern border.
> >
> > Yeah, I wonder if "Operation Minuteman" (or whatever the heck it's
called)
> > is having any effect?
> >
> > Or if all the good ole boy volunteers got tired of driving around the
> > desert, and went home...
> > --
> > Jay Honeck
> > Iowa City, IA
> > Pathfinder N56993
> > www.AlexisParkInn.com
> > "Your Aviation Destination"
> >
> >
>
> Jay H,
>
> It's unusual for you to jump to stereotypes...
>
> Yeah, some of them probably came with the twisted idea of going Mexican
> hunting, but most of the volunteers were armed with nothing more than a
pair
> of binoculars, a radio and a cooler of soda. Many elderly residents of
> southern AZ took part.

Hmm...since you mentioned stereotypes...is it unusual for YOU to jump to
them?

"...some of them probably came with the twisted idea of going Mexican
hunting". If they did, it was after being told for weeks beforehand to lose
that notion. The organizers were quite explicit in defining the rules of
engagement.

[George Patterson]

Jay Beckman wrote:
>
> What's a "Manpack?"

Also called a "backpack nuke."

George Patterson
"Naked" means you ain't got no clothes on; "nekkid" means you ain't got
no clothes on - and are up to somethin'.

[george]

George Patterson wrote:
> Jay Beckman wrote:
> >
> > What's a "Manpack?"
>
> Also called a "backpack nuke."
>
>
That's the one.
foot deliverable ...

[Morgans]

"george" > wrote

> That's the one.
> foot deliverable ...
>
That would be OK with me, as long as the timer has a long enough setting on
it; say a couple days? <g>
--
Jim in NC