JB> TW> I also understand that machining Titanium is no fun. The work can
JB> TW> actualy catch on fire on you if you are not carefull.

JB>The lubrication?

As I understand it under the right conditions the Metal itself burns
just like Magniesum.

JB> TW> The titanium project that amased me is that the Russians built at
JB> TW> least one Submarine with a Titanium pressure hull. To me that is an
JB> TW> Unbelievable project.

JB>It's expensive stuff, isn't it? Maybe that's what made them
insolvent. 

They control about the entire Worlds supply and had access to an
unlimited supply of Cheep Labor. BUT they did fail by tying to keep up
with the Propoganda Image they presented to the rest of the world.

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