From: layrton@panix.com   
      
   On 12/25/2018 5:06 PM, Drew Lawson wrote:   
   > In article    
   > 	danny burstein  writes:   
   >> [AFP via Yahoo!  via Twitter]   
   >>   
   >> AFP news agency   
   >> Verified account @AFP   
   >>   
   >> The 4.9 km (three mile) long Bogibeel bridge cost $800 million and has   
   >> been designed to bear the weight of a 60 tonne tank and is wide enough to   
   >> act as an emergency runway for fighter jets   
   >   
   > What about jet tanks?   
   >   
   > I think the time has come.   
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   >   
   The Abrams M1 tank is powered by a Honeywell AGT1500 gas turbine engine,   
   so I guess that they're already here. Honeywell itself lists it among   
   its turbo shaft helicopter engines -- but it is far bigger than the   
   aviation units.   
      
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