9/11 tragedy pager intercepts

Re:9/11 tragedy pager intercepts by regularfry on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @04:28AM (#4504361)

The numbers don't quite tell the whole story here. 100kg of TNT would direct its energy in a roughly spherical shockwave, like a point light source. The 480MJ per storey is directed straight down, like a laser.

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Re:9/11 tragedy pager intercepts by marcamillion on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @05:01AM (#4504430)

So what's the implication?

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Re:9/11 tragedy pager intercepts by regularfry on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @07:47AM (#4504875)

That the effect of the building's mass is much greater than the TNT-equivalent would apply, in the same way that while a 10 Watt bulb is barely bright enough to read by, a 10 Watt laser will set your book on fire.

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