Re: U.S. Military Uses the Force

[Steve Furlong]

On Thursday 22 August 2002 14:26, Mike Rosing wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> > The specific heat of Cu is  heat of vaporization is 
> > and the
...
> > And, where does the momentum of  grams x 
> > m/sec go?
>
> According to the article it leaves dents.  So instead of a focused
> blast puncturing a hole, it gets splayed out all over the place.
>
> > Also, just out of curiousity, what are the health effects of finely
> > dispersed Cu oxide ?
> > Does anyone make liners out of DU?  Yummy.

Steven denBeste (the captain of U.S.S. Clueless) discussed anti-tank 
weapons and anti-anti-tank defenses at 
http://denbeste.nu/cd_log_entries/2002/08/MoreontheT-72.shtml . The 
HEAT discussion applies to RPGs. It doesn't answer all of Major 
Variola's questions, but gives a conceptual overview without the math.

Note: Although denBeste generally writes good essays on the technical 
subjects he covers, he's been known to make omissions and errors. As 
with everything on the net, read with a grain of salt.

-- 
Steve FurlongComputer Condottiere   Have GNU, Will Travel

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U.S. Military Uses the Force

[keyser-soze]

[[I wonder if a similar techique can be used against bullets for personal armor or 
home defense.]

>From Wired News --
<<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54641,00.html>http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54641,00.html>

U.S. Military Uses the Force
By Noah Shachtman

One of the most dangerous and pervasive threats facing American and
British troops in combat zones is a primitive grenade launcher that only
sets your typical terrorist back about $10.

The Anglo-American defense against this no-tech threat: an electrical
force field that's costing hundreds of millions of dollars to develop.

Fitted on light armored vehicles such as personnel carriers, the force
field uses a series of charged metal plates to dissipate the effects of
rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), a weapon found by the thousands from
Mogadishu to Kabul to Baghdad.

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