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Given the publication, I would imagine he's an American author writing to an American audience. I didn't think twice that 1 ton = 2,000 lbs so it made perfect
by tw04 10y ago
Given the publication, I would imagine he's an American author writing to an American audience. I didn't think twice that 1 ton = 2,000 lbs so it made perfect sense here.
Makes sense it would be confusing to people on the metric system, but I doubt he thought twice about it.
- tim333 10y agoI think the author just isn't very good at weights and measures. According to wikipedia the max payload is 253,820 kg which is 253.8 tonnes or 280 US tons or 560,000 lbs. A C17 can carry 170,900 pounds so it carries 339,000 lbs more approx. Reminds me of one of my high school geograph teachers who gave the length of the Grand Canyon in miles and the width in km because he couldn't do the conversion.