Nathan wrote:
A specialist
encyclopedia of explosives and ordnance might include information on how
such weapons are built, but we don't. Similarly, medical references include
information on lethal dosages and dangerous applications for drugs, but we
don't.
We do include detailed information on how weapons are built, though.
There was a big argument a few years back about whether we ought to tone
down the amount of coverage we give to details of how various nuclear
bomb designs work (or at least are alleged to work, based on public
information), but it was decided that including it was encyclopedic.
We don't include HOWTO style step-by-step instructions, of course, but
we include all the details that are available, from assembly procedures
to, sizes of various parts, quantity and purity of fuel required,
machining requirements, etc.
-Mark