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[edit] meteorite airburst?

Need some info in meteorite airbursts - like in the Tunguska blast. Fresheneesz 09:11, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

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Flubeca 16:06, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revision needed

Not sure that the subject warrants an article to itself, but if it does, it needs significant improvement. The detailed discussion of shrapnel does not really belong here, although it undoubtedly needs mentioning, and more technical desriptions of the various timing/proximity mechanisms is needed. Anti-aircraft shells should not be neglected if we thingk the scope of the article covers them.

The article makes the point that shell splinters are not technically "shrapnel", which is historically true, but the usage has become so universal that as a matter of English language the point can no longer be argued. The article itself goes on to use the word in the sence of fragments. ut the article also makes the common mistake of assuming that artillery casualties are all caused by shrapnel/fragments - blast alone does serious damage to people. Cyclopaedic (talk) 21:57, 23 November 2007 (UTC)