>> The explosives were most likely done to break up certain shapes and destroy electronics.
>> I doubt the materials themselves used to skin the helicopter are as important as compared to the shape of the various components of the copter.

Unfortunately, no.

The use of materials to reduce RCS, both composites and coatings, is a closely guarded secret of materials science.

The LO paint compositions are themselves classified. Getting paint chip samples is a coup for anyone wanting to play catch-up without doing 20 years of research.

I wonder if the lucky bride also received a necklace made entirely out of DNA later in the day.

>>Since the UK's constitution is a rather jumbled up and all in all pretty toothless mess,
>>the principle that the government can and will create any law it bloody well pleases seems to be in effect.

The UK has a Constitution? Since when?

The moral of this story is that even if you live in India, your job can always be outsourced to a barely-trained monkey.

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I'm amazed there isn't a federal call center or something for these chasers to all phone in to, and a website with realtime dopplar radar provided to them. The faster these guys report a tornado on a ground, the easier it is for the weather people to push a button for a siren or some other event.
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There is. SKYWARN is a program run by the NWS/NOAA, local law enforcement, and private citizens that lets anyone with some basic (really basic) meterological knowledge (what a wall cloud looks like, how to spot early rotation, etc) utilize an amateur radio to call in sightings of severe and tornadic weather using thier SKYWARN volunteer designator.

NWS will turn a tornado watch into a warning based solely on observer reports.

SKYWARN is a great program, IMO. BTW, most of those awesome tornado videos you see arent from scientists, they're from storm chasers and SKYWARN people.

RTFA: It was in San Jose. Many folks in California are retarded pussies, especially in large cities.