"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

"John Mullen" wrote in message
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'This is probably a fair description of the W-54 Davy Crockett
warhead.
This warhead was the lightest ever deployed by the US, with a minimum
mass of about 23 kg (it also came in heavier packages)'

That is already over 50 pounds with no protective covering for the
internals
(I doubt you'd want to have all of those initiators, wires, etc., not to
mention the HE layer itself, exposed). Sorry, but the evidence for a
"suitcase bomb" just is not very convincing at this point.

The weight for the Davy Crockett was "ready to fire," inside its casing.

No, that all-up weight was apparently greater than 100 pounds (NWA says 150
pounds; see: http://gawain.membrane.com/hew/Usa/W.../Allbombs.html ). The
weight of the W-54 "only" is listed as 59 pounds.

Brooks


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