From: nuny@bid.nes   
      
   On Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 2:59:58 PM UTC-7, MrAnderson wrote:   
   > Well, my almost obsession with variations on kinetic weapons is caused by one   
   > conclusion.   
   > Today, we have got many types of warheads used in munitions. We have high   
   > explosive, kinetic, thermobaric, incendiary, fragmentation, HEAT... They were   
   > all invented for certain purposes. HEAT and kinetic are mostly against armor,   
   > thermobaric and frag are for people, incendiary any HE are for buildings (of   
   > course they are universal to some degree, but those are their main purposes).   
   >   
   > So, the standard Orbital KEW is best for bunkers, buildings and armored   
   > vehicles. But what if I want to burn forests where Pandora - Minh is hiding?   
   > I don't want ro make craters, I wanna burn them!   
      
     So illuminate them from orbit with your ship-to-ship laser cannon, suitably   
   defocused because tree's aren't ablative/reflective armor.   
      
     Actually, a thermobaric done right is even better. War lasers will likely be   
   very short-wavelength which is absorbed in air.   
      
     Thermobarics will burn some of the foliage but blow most of it right off the   
   branches, for that matter most of the branches off of the trees.   
      
   > Here are coming ideas for warheads.   
      
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     Mark L. Fergerson   
      
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