On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 04:04 am, Greg and April wrote: > > > shells and Tomahawk missiles, among others. > > > > The last part is pure propaganda BS. DU has only been used ( and is > > only > > > useful ) in defeating armor and in making tank armor. DU has no place > > in > > > Tomahawks, artillery shell or any other exploding ( chemical explosion > > ) type of munitions, because, despite this persons claims, DU is not an > > explosive. > > -------------------- > > > No DU is not an explosive, and it is not being claimed to be an > > explosive by Hoagy, > > --------------------
no, but they are pyrophoric... DU ignites on impact and burns feircely. apparently especially when impacting iron. not sure why iron per say, but apparently impacting Al does not have the same effect - much less likely to burn... -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] IM:bulwynkl2002 It's a book. Non-volatile storage media. Everyone should have one. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Save Smiley. Help put Messenger back in the office. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4PqtEC/anyFAA/i5gGAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
