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Old 03-22-07, 11:51 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by fatty
Good point. How can we expect a bomblet to explode when we want if it already failed to do that in the first place?
There are many reasons a contact detonatror could fail to detonate the bomblet on impact without it being defective, such as if it lands in loose dirt or soft mud. Just because it failed to detonate on impact doesn't mean a self-destruct would fail to destroy it.
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