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>From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
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Subject: Re: 21st Century Soldier
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Date: 15 Sep 92 17:17:58 GMT
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In article <1992Sep14.204605.8351@cas.org> sdr57@cas.org writes:
}In article <1992Sep14.175430.11621@linus.mitre.org> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
}>
}>Nah.  A cesium seeded high temperature explosion can generate the electrical
}>pulse through MHD to send the wave through trailing wires.  A use-it-once
}>weapon, but most are.  Fits in a BIG artillery shell.
}>
}That's new to me - can you make the pulse directional by configuring the
}wires? And what kind of pulse strength are we talking here (for the arty)?

I do not recall that information from open sources.(I DO remember the first
shell being mentioned in Newsleak about....oh...9 years ago or so)


