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Last war post of the day:

>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:43:25 -0400
>Subject: nukes in NYC
>
>I don't know if anyone has done the calculation, but the energy
>on board (fuel + kinetic energy) a fully loaded 767 moving at 400
>mph is on the order of a kiloton, which is the yield of a typical
>tactical nuke. That is the scale of attack that NYC suffered.
>
>herb