[Kevin Curry]

Something I would be interested in knowing is how the explosive force of a fully-fueled jet of this size slamming into a building at about 400 knots and igniting compares to the explosive/destructive force of some of our military's conventional armaments. That would be a function of kinetic and chemical (explosive) forces combined. Something tells me that even our big laser-guinded bombs might not have this much punch.

[_Jim]

... the explosive force of a fully-fueled jet of this size slamming into a building at about 400 knots and igniting compare[d] to the explosive/destructive force of some of our military's conventional armaments.

That would be a function of kinetic and chemical (explosive) forces combined.

We'll have to contact ex-Gen. Partin for that kind of work, because, as you know he's an expert on that sort of thing (wink wink) ...

[imberedux]

I really would like an answer to that question.