Re: Re: Teeny Nukes

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 08:58:23AM -0500, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:
>From: Roger Burton West
>>Gyrobombs!
>>With sufficient materials tech, you can get more energy per mass in a
>spinning gyroscope than in any current chemical explosive.
>What do you mean by "sufficient materials tech"?  Unobtainium?  Carbon
fibers?  Lead?

I don't have the numbers to hand. The maximum tensile strength defines
the theoretical maximum energy density.