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T&T: Fw: Aluminum vs steel

From: Larry N. Brown (no email)
Date: Tue Apr 24 2007 - 08:36:09 EDT

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    >>>>As a certain trawler
    >
    > person once said," They don't build aircraft carriers out of Aluminum"<<<
    >
    >
    >
    > The reason they do not build military hardware out of aluminum including
    > aircraft carriers is that aluminum is an incendiary metal when hit with
    > certain kinds of munitions. Aluminum can be made to explosively burn. Not
    > good for an aircraft carrier.

    Remember the Brit destroyer in the Falklands War when hit by an French
    missile?

    L
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