Re: META: Spread of gun thing RE: Bows and arrows

From: Charlie Stross (charlie@antipope.org)
Date: Mon Jun 07 1999 - 06:12:54 MDT


On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 08:54:50PM -0700, Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
> I think if we restrict the discussion to technologically advanced
> weapons (depleted uranium vs buckshot, particle beam vs. Uzi) and
> keep the politics out of it things would be perfectly appropriate for
> this list.

Cool.

I have occasionally wondered about the idea of caesium-core bullets.
Do we have any ammunition experts on the list?

(Reason for caesium: (1) it's denser than lead, and (2) it has an
interesting tendency to react with water.)

-- Charlie



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