Re: China's War Machine

From: Robert J. Kolker (robert_kolker_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 06:40:02 GMT

David Tomlin wrote:
> An ignorant myth.
>
> A neutron bomb is just a small hydrogen bomb. It is characteristic of
> such bombs that neutron radiation predominates over other forms of
> energy release. A neutron bomb is necessarily a tactical weapon. Such
> a bomb cannot be made of strategic size.
>
> The purpose of such a bomb is to kill and incapacitate military
> personnel, while minimizing damage to nearby civilian populations.

This is correct. The way to kill a lot of people without damaging
property or rendering it unusable for too long is some form of nerve gas
delivered in large quantities without warning. This is a city population
killer as opposed to a city killer. Nerve gas is not to useful where the
population is spread thin.

Bob Kolker

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