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I am not sure bombing fires is cost effective or applicable in most cases.
by 1996 8y ago
I am not sure bombing fires is cost effective or applicable in most cases.
- iSnow 8y agoIt might just work in Sweden, which has a low population density, but the fires around Potsdam are in the Berlin vicinity - people would probably frown at bombings, even if the bombs used are laser-guided precision ordnance.
- mikeash 8y agoI’d want a thorough analysis of the probablility of failure, certainly. A 90% on-target rate would be just fine for a weapon of war but is probably bad for a firefighting tool.
- duxup 8y agoCost might be an issue... let alone the issue of leaving your own ordinance that fails to detonate.. .
- pasta 8y agoIt was a last resort action. But I wonder why oxygen extracting bomb are not used more often. Firefighters here (Netherlands) sometimes use them in old wooden houses. They are like grenates that extract all oxygen so the fire dies.
- 1996 8y agoThat seems like a much better idea, but I don't know anything about oxygen extraction.
- voxadam 8y agoLike some type of Halon grenade?
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- josh_fyi 8y agoThat is strangely reminiscent of Larry Niven's "The Magic Goes Away."
- nasredin 8y agoWe have nukes in California. Nuking fires might be worth a try.