[EVA] [SPOILER?]The Kaji "Cluedo" Question - in a basement with silenced gun.

[Malebolgia]

Thank u Sebastian too  ;)

- Marco


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sebastian Palm" <winchester at telia.com>
To: <evangelion at eva.onegeek.org>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [EVA] [SPOILER?]The Kaji "Cluedo" Question - in a basement with
silenced gun.


> Malebolgia wrote:
> ||| ---<snip>---
> |||| In EoE, I think Seele sent the JSSDF, & the official orders were
> |||| given by the prime minister to drop N-mines (Neutron bombs?) on
> |||| Nerv.
> ||| ---<snip>---
> ||| That's another good question, does anyone know what kind of weapons
> ||| N2 mines are supposed to be?  They seem to be very powerful
> ||| weapons, but they also don't seem to be nuclear weapons.
> |||      -Brian
> |||
> ||
> || Yes it's interesting to debate about these bombs: don't forget that
> || the exact name is N2 (I suppose "square", sorry for mistake). So, it
> || means "double neutron"? As I know, neutron weapons are possible and
> || probably non-nuclear, with the unusual feature of killing peoples
> || with minus objects damage... But these are only rumors I heard; it'd
> || be nice to receive some good information by a technician.
> ||
> || - Marco Libra
>
> Okay, I think it's time for a little lesson (puts on hat... :-)
>
> "Neutron bomb" is the colloquial term for what in treaty-ese is called
> an 'enhanced radiation warhead'. Basically, it's a fission bomb (basic
> atom bomb), made in such a fashion as to make a small bang and a lot of
> gamma and x-ray radiation. They were designed to be very small, enough
> so as to be useful as artillery shells, and they were supposed to be
> used on enemy tanks - the armor would not stop the radiation,, and thus
> the crew would die, leaving a useless tank. Using them in cities and
> such is not a good idea - concrete and other building materials would
> soak up the gamma rays, and become radioactive themselves. As far as I
> know, no large amounts of these were ever produced, because they were
> banned by treaty very soon after the idea was first fielded.
>
> If I remember the EVA story correctly, an N2 bomb would have the exact
> opposite effect of a neutron bomb - big bang, no radiation. One way of
> doing this, possibly, would be by making a fusion bomb that doesn't use
> a fission reaction to start. (normally, the only way to start a fusion
> reaction is to start with a fission, because of the extreme requirements
> for fusion to start). Fusion reactions are a lot cleaner than fission,
> mostly because the by-products of both successful and unsuccessful
> fission are both toxic and radioactive, while fusion by-products are
> among the most commonly occuring elements, and very few of them have
> large enough nuclei to emmit radiation.
>
> If anyone knows in their hearts that this is dead wrong, feel free to
> correct me, it's been a while since I studied the matter...
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> Sebastian
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