Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1920-1000534679-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 25128 invoked by uid 510); 15 Sep 2001 06:18:19 -0000 Received: from n14.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.64) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 15 Sep 2001 06:18:19 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1920-1000534679-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by jk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 15 Sep 2001 06:17:59 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 15 Sep 2001 06:17:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 12488 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2001 06:17:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 15 Sep 2001 06:17:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 15 Sep 2001 06:17:58 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id XAA00958 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:17:58 -0700 Message-Id: <200109150617.XAA00958@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:17:58 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] The overuse of the WMD term and the profound misimpression it leaves Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The media and those who communicate with and through it have been using the term "Weapon of Mass Destruction" (or sometimes disruption) to describe the crashing of jet airliners into a few buildings. This is a very misleading description and one that should be clarified with some haste. While I am not an expert on the subject, I feel that I can lend some clarity. According to: http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Usa/Weapons/Wpngall.html A strategic nuclear weapon (the B53 Mod-1) has a yield that is the equivalent of 9 million tons of TNT. By contrast, according to: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/PAO/PAIS/HTML/FS-013-DFRC.html The 747s designed to ferry the space shuttle from place to place has a maximum fuel capacity of 316,307 lbs of jet fuel. According to: http://www.ior.com.au/ecflist.html Aviation gasoline yields 49.6 Billion Joules per tonne. (Uranium yields 560,000 Billion Joules per tonne - of course Hydrogen bombs are used for real punch, but I digress.) Maximum jet fuel in a 747 is 316,307 lbs = 158 tonnes = 7,836.8 Billion Joules According to: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Numbers/Math/Mathematical_Thinking/jeep_to_estimate.htm Exploding a ton of TNT liberates about 4 Billion Joules. Therefore a 9 megaton atomic bomb releases 36,000,000 billion Joules That's about 4,594 times as much energy from a single atomic bomb as from the worst case single airline crash. And that's not one of those big Russian nuclear bombs that comes in at 5 times as much explosive power. And that ignores radiation effects, electromagnetic pulse effects, etc. In summary, these attacks with airplanes are nothing like weapons of mass destruction. You might want to look at: http://www.animatedsoftware.com/environm/no_nukes/tenw/nuke_war.htm They talk about a 1 Megaton nuclear weapon. FC --This communication is confidential to the parties it is intended to serve-- Fred Cohen Fred Cohen & Associates.........tel/fax:925-454-0171 fc@all.net The University of New Haven.....http://www.unhca.com/ http://all.net/ Sandia National Laboratories....tel:925-294-2087 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide, "Securing Your Web site for Business" and learn all about serious security. Get it Now! http://us.click.yahoo.com/r0k.gC/oT7CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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