XPost: sci.military.moderated   
   From: nospam@oddhack.engr.sgi.com   
      
   In article <28326d49.0403291744.d51923f@posting.google.com>,   
   dave schneider  wrote:   
   >[...]   
   >> massively overrated as weapons.  I'm sorry to shatter illusions, but   
   >> Heinlein blew this one badly.  Their power supplies have to be too big and   
   >> the waste heat would be too hard to hide.   
   >>   
   >   
   >He wasn't positing a secret catapult designed to be used as a   
   >weapon...   
      
       Read it again - the book specifically noted that they built (and   
   later used) a backup catapult, with its own fusion plant, concealed to   
   avoid bombing by the UN forces. And that the secret weapon remained a   
   secret long after the war ended.   
       Jon   
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