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2016-03-02 Science & Technology

These are the Pentagon's 'kinetic fireball incendiaries' aimed at destroying WMD bunkers

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-03-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 the use of such incendiary devices could allow the military to effectively clear out a building without damaging the structure's integrity

Isn't that what JimUh tol' us the Neutron Bomb was for?

Posted by Skidmark 2016-03-02 03:08|| 2016-03-02 03:08|| Front Page Top

#2 1000 F? Seems like structural steel might disagree about the intact part.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-03-02 07:41|| 2016-03-02 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 It is so cute when j school grads try to explain technical stuff that they don't even begin to understand. It is right up there with Atheists trying to tell me about Christianity, or muslims about Islam.

Posted by Nguard 2016-03-02 10:55|| 2016-03-02 10:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Ha! Fire don't melt steel!

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-03-02 13:09|| 2016-03-02 13:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Fire warps steel. In a fire you are better off with wooden cross beams under the floor than steel. It takes time to burn through the wood. Steel warps quickly. I have this on the authority of a member in good standing of the Emerald Society Firefighters. :-)

Posted by Butch Sinatra4926 2016-03-02 14:04|| 2016-03-02 14:04|| Front Page Top

#6 @#1: As I understand it, Neutron bombs are an air-burst thingie.

KFI's, otoh, are used more for taking out Chu Chi-style "architecture." Being somewhat thermobaric, I would imagine they are also a pretty efficient sucker of O2 as well (?).

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-03-02 14:21|| 2016-03-02 14:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Sw., just remember the World Trade Towers. The insulation was faulty and when the heat got to the structural steel it failed and the towers collapsed.

Nguard, was there something about the article that was badly stated?

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-03-02 15:05|| 2016-03-02 15:05|| Front Page Top

#8 As I recollect, the neutron bomb was a nuclear device that was optimized to minimize the blast while maximizing neutron production. Even a small nuclear blast wouldn't do any nearby structures any good. I think that an air burst over a city would kill the people (neutrons go through 17 feet of lead) but if the burst was high enough would spare the buildings. Still, I wonder what all those neutrons would do to the structural steel. ;-)

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-03-02 15:18|| 2016-03-02 15:18|| Front Page Top

#9 I thought about doing a /O'Donnell but didn't have a pack of powdered donuts to cram into my fingernails.

Had a hell of a time trying to explain that the Tower Fires were essentially large blast furnaces.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-03-02 17:39|| 2016-03-02 17:39|| Front Page Top

#10 I have this on the authority of a member in good standing of the Emerald Society Firefighters. :-)

I'm afraid to ask if that needs a couple adult beverages to be told. :)

I have one about putting a bunch of brown in my pants. It does :) though wife didn't find the humor in it.

VRWC, that is the conclusion we came to out here concerning the end of The Rock with the airstrike and hostages.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-03-02 19:41|| 2016-03-02 19:41|| Front Page Top

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