From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Don Hills wrote:
> In article , "Gary Britt"
 wrote:
>> Its not a lie.  High explosives surrounded by ball bearings is a form of
>> cluster bomb, imho.  It is intended to inflict maximum civilian casualties
>> when fired (as they always are by these scum) at purely civilian targets.
>
> Your opinion is merely that - your opinion. High explosives surrounded by
> ball bearings is a fragmentation bomb. If such warheads were used by
> Hezbollah, I doubt they would have used ball bearings anyway - far too
> expensive. If I were building one in a garage I'd use high-tensile nuts and
> bolts as filling. If I had better facilities I'd use tool steel, cubed.
>

They're not making them themselves & most modern ap weapons do come
packed with hardened steel cubes. Much more "effective".


Adam

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