"Ramandu" <ramandu3atNOJUNKyahoodotcom> wrote in message
news:a79fce01b1feadeba57806d06cf71695@TeraNews...
> Why do people believe that N2 stands for "non-nuclear"?  The
> blasts look like nuclear blasts, and they're more powerful than
> anything conventional.

You mean the whole mushroom cloud effect? most explosions produce
clouds like that, they're just associated with nuclear weapons because
nothing else can produce a blast *on that level*.

Clearly they're not nuclear weapons, because of the way they're often
deployed in close proximity to cities, no politician would be stupid
enough to allow that ;-)

So Non-Nuclear probably is correct, they're hella powerful yet also
non-nuclear, and also a double meaning - maybe N^2 as in N2, which
is better than N ;)

> And why are they called mines when they're dropped from aircraft?
>

Presumably they're manufactured as mines, rather than missiles or
warheads. Or maybe it's just a catchier name ^_^



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