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10th Apr 2016, 18:59

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FE Hoppy

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I don't understand an airburst that makes a Shock wave that travels at 10-50kts? But lots of military crew have experience traveling through local shock waves from air bursts. It's not the shock but the shrapnel that you worry about.

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