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Taylor raises an interesting point about the "variety of viral and bacterial veterinary vaccines, using basic glassware and techniques."

p>Is he aware that the method for producing vaccine against anthrax is to induce anthrax into horses and process their blood serum? br> ... br> Thanks, blessings, and Semper Fi! br> -- Kevin Coughlin /p>

There have got to be a dozen better ways to fill up artillery meteorological balloons than the method posited with the trailers.

p>Why do you need a mobile facility to generate hydrogen -- on the battlefield -- for artillery meteorological balloons? Hydrogen is flammable and difficult to manage. You can produce hydrogen using sulfuric acid and zinc. But why mess around with sulfuric acid? Handling requires extensive precautions. You can also produce it by passing an electric current through water. Was there a big generator or battery on the trailer? In either case, the hydrogen needs to be put under pressure to inflate the balloons. Was there a compressor with the trailer? If you absolutely had to use hydrogen for the balloons, why not just bottle it industrially and ship it to the using units? Helium is used by most countries in their meteorology balloons. It's safer to use and a readily available industrial commodity. Applying Occam's Razor, I have to think that a mobile hydrogen generator is the wrong solution to launching meteorological balloons. It sounds more like a cover story. br> -- John Manguso br> San Antonio, Texas /p> p> Clinton W. Taylor replies:

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