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11:35 August 9th, 2006

The sledgehammer: not an all-purpose tool

Posted by: Robert Basler
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Dear Blog Person,

Recently somebody gave me an unexploded rocket-propelled grenade.  Naturally, I want to take it apart.  What’s the best tool to use for that?

Curious

Well, Curious, we’re all looking for the tool that can do that. All I can tell you is, yesterday some guy in a mechanical workshop tried opening one with a sledgehammer, and we can strike that off the best-tools list. Good luck with your search. Here’s the story:rpg222.jpg

 

 

An unexploded rocket propelled grenade shell in a photo from Lebanon, August 5, 2006.  REUTERS/Stringer

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