Re: Eyjafjallajokull by Mak C on Apr 16, 2010 10:06 PM That was probably the way Vikings said 'Shit, we are shipwrecked' in the 9th century ;)    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Eyjafjallajokull by Sheetal Kaur on Apr 17, 2010 02:42 AM The two names are pronounced as below it is that easy if you live near Iceland. Eyjafjallajokull = a - yah - fyat - la - yo - kull Myrdalsjokull= m ya-arda-las-yo-kull say it aloud 10 times, you will get hang of it    Forward   |   Report abuse
Message deleted by moderator
Re: Re: Eyjafjallajokull by philip k on Apr 18, 2010 06:24 AM Thanks Sheetal. I got the pronounciation right now. What are the meaning of these 2 words.    Forward   |   Report abuse

Re: is this all start of 2012....! by bak bak on Apr 16, 2010 08:51 PM no...this is the midway of 2010...    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: is this all start of 2012....! by Arun Jaipur on Apr 17, 2010 05:53 PM gosh i couldnt stop laughing on ur reply...    Forward   |   Report abuse

Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields during war? by sam kan on Apr 17, 2010 11:37 AM hey ! the fact is that thick fumes of ash lessen the oxygen for the combustion of engine thus the planes engines fail Lose power leading tor crash .Same will apply to missiles. any thoughts .....    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields during war? by raj on Apr 17, 2010 05:02 PM misiles come with combustiable material and supporter of comburstion so it does not require oxygen unlike planess... you guys are great...    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields during war? by Sukumar Mehta on Apr 16, 2010 07:53 PM Of course, you can. Missiles will change their course and turn towards the volcanic crater.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields during war? by Badri DESIKAN on Apr 16, 2010 07:53 PM Ha Ha. GOod imagination. On a more serious note, most missiles are guided by satellites and GPS. The communication is through radio waves, to multiple satellites (minimum of 4). It is very very unlikely that a missile's contact with multiple satellites will be lost at the same time.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields during war? by Nani on Apr 16, 2010 07:58 PM Moreover, no life is on board the missile (unlike passenger aircraft) so it'll be allowed to go.....    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields during war? by Sameer Bhagwat on Apr 16, 2010 08:00 PM What could happen if it gets physically sandblasted due to volcanic ash?    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields during w by jay b on Apr 16, 2010 08:26 PM best option against missiles is missile defense using surface to air or air to air missiles deployed at strategic locations (closer to the source of enemy missile source the better). Also lasers can be used from space deployed stations ocassionally .On the contrary the best offense is also missiles (both long range (> 5000 miles) , medium range and short range ) which can hit any target on the earth within 1 hr to the max    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields during w by Mak C on Apr 16, 2010 10:56 PM I believe you are asking a genuine question. Firstly it will be impossible to replicate the immense forces of nature involved in suspending volcanic ash in air to effectively disrupt air traffic. Again, for how long and how does one get rid of it and how fast to resume normal operations. The ICAO as a guideline prescribes a no fly zone of 120 nautical miles for commercial flights around an area of known volcanic ash suspension in air. There were two incidents, both involving the Boeing 747s, one of British Airways from Kauala Lumpur to Perth, the other a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Anchorage, Alaska in the nineteen eighties. No casualties caused, but both aircraft had all four engines stopping at 37000 feet, after getting impinged by silicates, fine glass and pulverized rocks found in volcanic ash. Both aircrafts had sulphurous gases filling the cabin space, causing difficulty in breathing. Luckily both aircarfts were able to rapidly descend to about 13000 ft and restart their engines, 3 in one case and all 4 engines in the 2nd case. The sandblasting of the windshield also caused visibility of the runway issues whilst touchdown. As far as Missiles are concerned, much will depend on the vintage of missile being used out of the stockpiles as different target seeking technologies are involved. The Jane's defence related publications will give you a good idea on the payload delivery systems involved, but broadly speaking they are all unlikely to get affected by volcanic ash.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields duri by habib jamrose on Apr 17, 2010 02:17 PM Thanks Mak C for this informative and knowledgeable message.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields by USG on Apr 17, 2010 06:15 PM Sheer genius ......you guys..are you IT folks by any chance Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Can we use volcanic ash to protect airfields by rathakrishnan vivekananth on Apr 17, 2010 06:35 PM You know what I also had the same question , more over there is a factor of wind which one can't control. May be one day when the world becomes one nation and we start conquering space we might have that kind of technology .They say US has got technology to cause earth quakes and make humans live for an average of 200 years .Who knows what isn't released to the public Forward   |   Report abuse