09-06-2017, 10:18 PM | #21 | |
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09-07-2017, 01:33 AM | #22 | |
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Shinkolobwe itself might be a pulpy location. Owned by the Union Minière du Haut Katanga or UMHK (the name in itself has a worrisome ring, or is it just me?), apparently it was run with substandard working conditions. A long hiatus in production is said to have taken place because of flooding - even though much of the production took place as an open-air dig. The company negotiated hard bargains to resume supplies, demanding significant payments and subsidies from the Belgian government in exile, and, ultimately, from the US government. The location underwent Soviet-like security measures, disappearing from the maps and growing a curtain of US-led security. The final checkpoint was the town itself of Jadotville, the closest to the mine, and a name that resurfaces in later wars. The village of Shinkolobwe was entirely a company town, no strangers admitted. A pulp adventure could easily draw on classic heart-of-darkness undertones when describing this place. |
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09-13-2017, 04:54 PM | #23 | |
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09-14-2017, 11:31 AM | #24 | |
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The main reason depleted U is used is that it is a very heavy rock and hence useful for a kenetic round.
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