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Old March 20th 12, 08:13 PM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
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On 20/03/2012 09:54, d wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:44:37 +0000
Arthur wrote:
Personally I'd look at doing a deal with the French. AIUI they know they
only have to be able to nuke Berli^H^H^H whatever the target might be
once, rather than Moscow 137 times or whatever.


Apparebntly french nukes are highlyh sophisticated. The warhead splits at
the apex of its trajectory into individual bombs and then at lower altitude
each bomb releases a white flag that also doubles as a parachute so they
don't get hurt when they land.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Marne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun


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