War is hell, but I wouldn't call it a "suicide device". The range of
the rocket is on the order of 1000 meters, and the effective radius at
the target is on the order of 100 m. You wouldn't want to shoot
yourself in the foot with one of these, you'd take out your own
batallion, but you are aiming at a valley or a hillside, not an
oncoming tank.<br>
Peter<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/19/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Davis</b> <<a href="mailto:jmdavis1@vcu.edu">jmdavis1@vcu.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
To continue to be OT. Look up the Davey Crockett.<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_%28nuclear_device%29" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)</a><br>
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It is a weapon meant exclusively for battlefield use. It is also almost a suicide weapon.<span class="q"><br>
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Kilian CAVALOTTI wrote:<br>
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On Thursday 19 June 2008 06:58:44 am Robert G. Brown wrote:<br>
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Getting too big<br>
or two small an explosion can either kill your own troops or not kill<br>
all of the enemy on an actual battlefield.<br>
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To add some more OT stuff to this thread, I don't think a nuclear
weapon has ever been used (or even considered being used) to kill
troops on a battlefield. Some cluster bombs (hey, back on topic! :))
are probably enough for this purpose.<br>
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IMHO, a nuclear weapon is mainly a dissuasion weapon, ie, one you claim
you own to make your ennemies think twice before they strike you. Or
that you use against civilians to make your point louder, and let your
ennemies understand they'd better surrender.<br>
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That's why I find the association between "nuclear weapon" and "battlefield" a bit irrelevant.<br>
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Other than that, pretty interesting stuff. I'm unfortunately supporting your conclusions.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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