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Letter: Letter

Published 26 June 1999

From Dave Parker

An A10’s Minigun may be able to fire at the rate of 3900 shells per minute
but it never actually fires 3900 shells in a single minute and therefore
wouldn’t “release 234 kilograms of DU a minute”. A10s, like all other gun-armed
warplanes, carry only enough ammunition for a few short bursts of firing.

Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Issue no. 2192 published 26 June 1999

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