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To: doug from upland
Yes, the structure would survive, but the kill zone from the shards of glass would be up to about 182 feet.

Mentioning shards of glass...I think the term "maiming zone" would be of interest
to anyone running an airport or facility that's a likely target.

Did you see the segment on Sixty Minutes II about the hardened structural changes
made to the part of the Pentagon hit on 9-11 that probably saved quite a few lives?

It was interesting to see how even the specially constructed window system
would bend, but not break, under that sort of assault. IIRC, one of the survivors talked
about seeing the fireball out side his window...but it didn't come it.

That aired maybe three, four months ago.
70 posted on 06/03/2002 12:31:49 PM PDT by VOA
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To: VOA
I missed the 60 MINUTES piece. Our security window film sustains 72 Jouels of energy and 100 psi. By far, it exceeds any thing else made in the world.
71 posted on 06/03/2002 1:37:51 PM PDT by doug from upland
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