[119101] in Cypherpunks
Re: Thieves steal six ballistic missiles in Poland (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Thu Oct 14 22:23:22 1999
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 19:04:52 -0700
To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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Reply-To: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
At 01:25 PM 10/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>----- Forwarded message from Steve Schear -----
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>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:43:23 -0700
>From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
>Subject: CDR: Re: Thieves steal six ballistic missiles in Poland (fwd)
>
>For a good performance solid motor Zn/S is about as safe as it gets. All
>metal powers are explosive so care in grounding and handling are required.
>Certainly safer than the perchlorates. My group built and tested over two
>dozen motors from 24" to 60" in length and 2" to 8" in diameter.
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>----- End of forwarded message from Steve Schear -----
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>A five foot motor is a pretty good motor, so what group were you with?
>What was your max alt.?
The best shot was a mortar launched three-stage unit. It was radar
measured to a bit over 100,000 ft.
--Steve
