Admiral Odin Posted April 8, 2001 Posted April 8, 2001 I lived by nuclear weapons. Maybe that is why I glow in the dark. I wonder ------------------ "Dulce bellum inexpertis." (Sweet is war to those who have never experinced it.) Roman Proverb
Guest Rogue 9 Posted April 8, 2001 Posted April 8, 2001 not from miles around Zoom, its Radiation before it reaches critical mass is concentrated in a small area
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted April 8, 2001 Posted April 8, 2001 Plutonium is the most toxic substance known to mankind. Needless to say, shells made from it would be more deadly after the war! Plutonium is an isotope of uranium--U-235, I believe. Unless I'm mistaken, depleted uranium is something with a much lower atomic number. Of course, what I said just now is probably scientific gibberish. At about this point, Gold Leader will be stepping in to tell us all that I'm right, but (as usual) have the details backwards. Goldie?
Guest Rogue 9 Posted April 8, 2001 Posted April 8, 2001 I understood that just fine, but plutonium does not have an effect for miles around, yards yes but not miles.
Nute Gunray Posted April 8, 2001 Posted April 8, 2001 Like any chemical or substance, too much of it is what kills you. You could run around with a tiny piece of it your pocket and only have SLIGHTLY different looking kids
Admiral Odin Posted April 8, 2001 Posted April 8, 2001 I read about one person that actually made a nuclear reactor in his backyard. ------------------ "Dulce bellum inexpertis." (Sweet is war to those who have never experinced it.) Roman Proverb
Air Juggernaut Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 Plutonium is the most dangerous thing for the ecology, it can´t be recycled. ------------------ Also knowed as Kanon Let get those guys
Darth Sceltor Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 Plutonium is an element, not an isotope of Uranium. Uranium's atomic number is 92, Plutonium's is 94. I'm not sure of their masses, but that varies depending on what isotope you are examining/eating. Uranium is also a natural elemet, while Plutonium is produced by some process with Uranium that I'm not exactly sure about.
Guest Rogue 9 Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 Uranium is used in Reactors, Some Reactors produce Weapons grade plutonium, which can be recycled into useful nuclear weapons by the way
Admiral Odin Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 oh this thread is so nice, we are now talking about how to make nukes. ------------------ "Dulce bellum inexpertis." (Sweet is war to those who have never experinced it.) Roman Proverb
Guest Rogue 9 Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 now we can talk about Uranium uused in bullets, that is what a tracer round is bt the way, a depleted uranium shell, glowing cause it is radioactive
Psycho Tycho Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 Oh man, all of this information is useful. Maybe one of us will us all of this info, and make something... Who will do it?
Nute Gunray Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 Depleted uranium has an extremely good mass to weight ratio, meaning you can use less powder to propel the shell at a high velocity.
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 'Why, see here little Jimmy, plutonium is perfectly safe for us to use and handle. Ha-ha-ha. Yes. That's why I've made my own bullets for my six-gun out of pure plutonium. Traded it for hash oil on the black market. See, here's one. Isn't it pretty? Oh, my, I feel faint...' *Thud!*
Gold leader Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 Originally posted by Nute Gunray: Depleted uranium has an extremely good mass to weight ratio, meaning you can use less powder to propel the shell at a high velocity. That's like the funniest thing I've heard in years! The weight of an object is equal to its mass times the gravitational acceleration g (+/- 9.80665 m/s2). In a fixed point on the surface of the earth the mass to weight ratio is constant and equal to 1/g. Happy, Zoom?
Air Juggernaut Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 In order to make AP shells tungsten is better than plutonium, is not radioactive and can blow up a tank to the moon. ------------------ Also knowed as Kanon Let get those guys
Nute Gunray Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 A chemist told me that a reason they decided to risk the radioactivity was that the plutonium shell disentigrates after it punches through the armor of a tank and turns into a powdery substance that fills the inside of the tank. This powder reacts with oxygen inside the tank AND generates a huge static electric burst. The powder, oxygen, and static makes for one hell (slight pun intended) of an explosion inside the tank.
Air Juggernaut Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 Is more easy use hellfire missiles ------------------ Also knowed as Kanon Let get those guys
Psycho Tycho Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 Or use cluster missiles. It's better to use them because they cover more land area.
Nute Gunray Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 Not really...a tank has a chance of survival against missiles. There's some type of anti-missile system they have mounted on them...Arena or something is what we call it. They also have flares and chaff and stuff to fool them. But there's no defense against a piece of metal flung at you. Plus missile hits=explosion on outside of tank. DU shell hits=tank goes "jack-in-the-box" and turret goes into orbit.
Guest Rogue 9 Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 turret only goes into orbit on soviet model tanks, Americans simply cook off the troops inside.
Air Juggernaut Posted April 9, 2001 Posted April 9, 2001 German use tungsten in many AP shells during ww2 with great results. But if you really want to stop a tank battalion you need an Armoured Valkyrie ------------------ Also knowed as Kanon Let get those guys
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