Am I being paranoid if I fear that one of the harder to get components of a
suitcase bomb is detected on airplanes traveling from Russia to England.

Suitcase bomb would use plutonium and that needs U238 under the lead shield
as a neutron reflector as well as Polonium 110 and Beryllium dust injected
into the critical mass of plutonium (34 pounds) to achieve detonation.

Lead and Beryllium are easy to get, the harder to get items like U238 and
Plutonium are dangerous but not as dangerous as Polonium 110 and Polonium is
an Isotope that has a shorter life than that of U238 or Plutonium. An old
(taken out of service) nuclear weapon would require the electronics, the
shaped charges and the Polonium replaced to insure detonation.

As to the political aspects of using Polonium 110 as a poison, the only
countries that make it are France, Russia, India, Pakistan, China and the
US.

"Jeff Rigby" wrote in message
. ..
Am I being paranoid if I fear that one of the harder to get components of
a suitcase bomb is detected on airplanes traveling from Russia to England.

Suitcase bomb would use plutonium and that needs U238 under the lead
shield as a neutron reflector as well as Polonium 110 and Beryllium dust
injected into the critical mass of plutonium (34 pounds) to achieve
detonation.

Lead and Beryllium are easy to get, the harder to get items like U238 and
Plutonium are dangerous but not as dangerous as Polonium 110 and Polonium
is an Isotope that has a shorter life than that of U238 or Plutonium. An
old (taken out of service) nuclear weapon would require the electronics,
the shaped charges and the Polonium replaced to insure detonation.

As to the political aspects of using Polonium 110 as a poison, the only
countries that make it are France, Russia, India, Pakistan, China and the
US.


Sometime in the next few days, I expect to see congressional blowhards
talking about how we'll be checking all passengers for radioactive whatever.

"Jeff Rigby" wrote in message
. ..
Am I being paranoid if I fear that one of the harder to get components of
a suitcase bomb is detected on airplanes traveling from Russia to England.

If you think you're paranoid you probably are.
On a technical note; I once owned a Fountain with highly-modified 30 hp
Evinrude that used Polonium 110 and methane as fuel. The Polonium was
delivered to the dock in a suitcase and the methane was derived from BS. I
was able to use a flux capacitor as a neutron reflector thereby saving the
weight of a lead shield.

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:51:42 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

A real man would redirect tachyon particles through the deflector dish
creating a sub-space conduit creating a hole in space-time so you
could arrive before you left.

Tom, you've got too much time on your hands.

Get that trawler you've been dreaming of and head south. The Bahamas
are really nice this time of year, as are the FL Keys and hereabouts.

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:26:43 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Yep - it hasn't been a good couple of weeks and I'm grumpy.

Get that trawler you've been dreaming of and head south. The Bahamas
are really nice this time of year, as are the FL Keys and hereabouts.

Sadly, I would, but unfortunately Mrs. Wave is having too much fun at
this stage of her career so retirement is many years away yet.

Sorry to hear that, just planning the trip is good therapy. I updated
all of my electronic charts today for the 2007 tide and current data.
Hopefully we'll be going north again next summer.

Speaking of which, if you haven't already done so, you should download
some of those free NOAA charts to your PC and get a nav program to
display them. Then you can do some serious trip planning. I have all
of the tracks saved from our recent cruises right here on my desktop
and can replay them at anytime. It's amazing how it brings back
detailed memories of the trip and all of the harbors as you follow
along on the chart.

John Wentworth wrote:
If you think you're paranoid you probably are.
On a technical note; I once owned a Fountain with highly-modified 30 hp
Evinrude that used Polonium 110 and methane as fuel. The Polonium was
delivered to the dock in a suitcase and the methane was derived from BS. I
was able to use a flux capacitor as a neutron reflector thereby saving the
weight of a lead shield.


man, the best of worlds! an Ion Torpedo at feesh boat pricing!

On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:28:25 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I gotta get the software - got any good tips?

I'd like to be able to plot out fishing trips and spots on a chart on
the PC.

I use Maptech's Offshore Navigator because I acquired it years ago at
a very reasonable price and already had some experience with it from a
friends boat.

http://maptech.com/water/index.cfm

Fugawi has a good reputation also and I believe a demo version can be
downloaded for a free trial:

http://www.fugawi.com/web/products/f..._navigator.htm

The charts are free from NOAA, such a deal:

http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/download.htm