AtomBomb

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No: HPFGUIDX 76226

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steven" <sngoing at y...> wrote:
 
> > Since places like Hogwarts and the Quidditch Cup
> > Stadium are spelled to make muggles avoid them (and
> > make muggle artifacts not work in them?) - if someone
> > was say flying overhead and dropped an atom-bomb -
> > would it go off?  Would it fall crooked?  What?
> 


Ah! a FEATHERBOA fan!

IMO it could work if set up correctly.
Note that birds have  no trouble flying over Hogwarts, so a
non-technological delivery method should allow the bomb to
free-fall without any difficulties. 
Note also that Harry had a watch that only malfunctioned after
the task in the lake in GoF.
Note that chemical reactions can take place in Hogwarts without
much trouble (even a candle burning in a lantern is a chemical
reaction). 
Note that neither accuracy nor timing is essential. Get it within 
a mile and it doesn't matter if it's an air burst or ground burst.

So, a stand-off launch (fast jet lobs the bomb upwards from a 
distance of about 3-5 miles), the bomb describes a parabolic 
curve (like a ball thrown away from you) descending onto the 
target without any technological guidance. A clockwork or
chemical fuse (common in WWII) triggers the explosive - yet
another chemical reaction, that forces the sub-critical masses
together. The nuclear reaction is an inherent property of the
materials used, not a technological gimmick. And the result is -
Crispy wizards!

Kneasy
who has an evil mind