The "trinity and beyond" documentary mentioned on vce.com is great btw.
  I have a copy, is both facinating and disturbing.

J


Jinx wrote:
>>Jinx sent me this link (offlist I think)
>>How nuclear bombs work
>>
>>http://people.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb1.htm
>>
>>Interesting enough but not overly technical -
>
>
> I like what HSW are doing in the way of simple effective animations,
> eg "Click Here to detonate" to see the sequence of events. (Old)
> real pictures of what happens are here
>
> http://www.vce.com/Rapatronic/rapa.html
>
> 1/10,000,000th sec photos taken by Harold Edgerton's camera
>
> ISTR from a documentary that the diameter of the images in the
> photos is just a few feet. I guess trying to get it symmetrical, and
> all that implies, is one reason for all the tests
>
> ===================================================
>
> What I was actually looking up, but got side-tracked from, was How
> Machine Guns Work (not making one, but interested in how a blow-
> back system works)  The trigger-activated animations are very well
> done
>
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