and thus Adam H. Kerman inscribed ...
> Sean Eric Fagan <sef@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Without some specific steps, all you've got is a very dirty
environment.
>> (*That* is a reason to not be shooting at a car carrying a nuke, but
the
>> trade-offs are pretty clear: stop it now, and have some relatively
minor
>> contamination, or let the "terrorist" continue and detonate the nuke.)
> I don't know the nature of this device. Was it designed to be planted or
> was it a warhead? If it were a warhead or a bomb designed to be dropped
> from a bomber, surely it's designed not to leak radiation unless
> specifically activated.
Given the dialogue, it had to be placed in a specific location, and also
in sync with the others so it would go off together, thus the need for the
tracking system inside the bomb. Though I forget why this particular bomb
did not go off.
--
"... respect, all good works are not done by only good folk. For here, at
the end of all things, we shall do what needs to be done."
--till next time, consul -x- <<poetry.dolphins-cove.com>>
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