gray@s5000.RSVL.UNISYS.COM (02/09/91)
From: gray@s5000.RSVL.UNISYS.COM Recent posts have mentioned the anti-mine explosive cable towed on a trailer by tanks (M-60s). The cable is deployed by a rocket across the minefield, then the cable is detonated. This supposedly clears a 3-meter wide path across the mines. Innocent questions: 1.) Can fuel/air bombs be used to clear a minefield? If yes, any estimates of the dimensions of the clearing? 2.) Could a sonic boom clear a minefield? If so, at what altitude would the aircraft have to fly to be effective? Or are we really talking about a Mach 1+ earthworm here? 3.) WRT the cable, 3 meters by what length? 4.) If either 1 or 2 above is feasible, how quickly could they be executed compared to 3? (I understand that fuel/air bombs require cooperative weather conditions; assume they exist.) I'd be happy to summarize e-mail replies and pass them on to Bill for posting. Bill -- : gray@rsvl.unisys.com : : : : My gun is safer than Ted : : Unisys has enough problems without being : Kennedy's car. : : blamed for my personal opinions. : :