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The Military Wants Biodegradable Ammo That Turns Into Plants
popularmechanics.com ^ | Jan 10, 2017 | Kyle Mizokami

Posted on 01/10/2017 11:33:26 PM PST by BenLurkin

A solicitation on the Department of Defense's Small Business Innovation Research web site is looking for a smart company to develop biodegradable ammunition. The military would like to see projectile cartridges—which are rarely all cleaned up after a live-fire exercise—made out of biodegradable plastic. The military also references a research paper on the use of biodegradable plastics reinforced with bamboo fibers.

But the Pentagon isn't stopping there. It also wants spent ammunition and casings to contain bioengineered seeds that would, after several months, grow environmentally friendly plants that would remove soil contaminants. The proposal even specifies that animals "should be able to consume the plants without any ill effects".

It's important to note that this is not ammunition that would be used in combat, but rather on training ranges here in the United States and friendly countries such as Germany, Italy and Japan. Ammunition used in combat is too important to tinker with, but at friendly training ranges where ammunition is expended for years and even decades, the issue of pollutant contamination is a real one.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ammo; antimilitary; biodegradable; biodegradableammo; fifthcolumnists; greenieweenies; populistmechanics; subversion
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1 posted on 01/10/2017 11:33:26 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Isn’t that just peachy?


2 posted on 01/10/2017 11:51:54 PM PST by fireman15 (How many illegal aliens voted for Hillary in CA and NY alone?)
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3 posted on 01/10/2017 11:52:05 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yeah, it’s the military that wants this. Holy moley what a load of bunkum!


4 posted on 01/10/2017 11:52:41 PM PST by Don W ( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: BenLurkin; Slings and Arrows; Lazamataz
I'll take my billion dollars in cash, please.


5 posted on 01/10/2017 11:54:13 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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6 posted on 01/10/2017 11:54:15 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: BenLurkin
live-fire exercise

Depending on the performance and cost, it might enable them to get more practice.

7 posted on 01/10/2017 11:54:47 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
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8 posted on 01/10/2017 11:55:51 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: BenLurkin

WTF. The world has gone insane.


9 posted on 01/11/2017 12:05:55 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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To: BenLurkin

Is there a season for harvesting new bullets?
Are they plucked from trees or bushes?


10 posted on 01/11/2017 12:28:25 AM PST by clearcarbon
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To: BenLurkin

It’s not too far fetched with reality.

I used to sell wood pulp to a company that made tank/artillery/mortar casings from a nitro-cellulose infused paper “tube”.

It became part of the charge and was spent when the round went off. No waste nor hot brass to deal with inside the tank.


11 posted on 01/11/2017 12:34:51 AM PST by llevrok (je sui cou rouge !)
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To: BenLurkin

Good grief!


12 posted on 01/11/2017 12:39:15 AM PST by kalee
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To: BenLurkin
They could just pick up the brass or use steel case and pick up with magnets.

Wonder why they don't use aluminum cases (CCI). A lot lighter

13 posted on 01/11/2017 12:43:37 AM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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Okay, I’ll play, so what happens when a drop of sweat or water hits the casing? Is it no longer any good. Don’t get me wrong; if something like this is doable in a practical way out on the range or practice fields I’m all for it. Practice exercises need to be as real as possible and that means doing it in the rain sometimes.

It would great if it just dissolved without growing anything so it could be used at ranges where you would not want the area to be seeded with anything. It would need to be water proof for, oh let’s say, a week once removed from the air tight package it comes in. If they could do that; a lot of ranges would be happy about it over time but only if it was practical and affordable.


14 posted on 01/11/2017 12:58:20 AM PST by Boomer (You can't shame a fascist leftist (liberal) because they don't understand the concept of honor.)
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To: Don W

The Insanity continues...


15 posted on 01/11/2017 1:58:25 AM PST by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: All

here’s an idea, it should e a country’s objective not to have ammo and casings scattered on the ground..


16 posted on 01/11/2017 2:03:17 AM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: BenLurkin

Another waste of money.. nothing new here.


17 posted on 01/11/2017 2:06:28 AM PST by maddog55 (America Rising)
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To: BenLurkin

I would use it.


18 posted on 01/11/2017 2:06:37 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: llevrok; dfwgator

Paper-cased bomb!

Of course Harrison Ford had to look it up in a binder, while the Cuban agent had a computer at his fingertips.


19 posted on 01/11/2017 2:16:29 AM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: BenLurkin

Flower bombing for real. Probably will turn out that the resulting plants are invasive species wreaking environmental havoc...


20 posted on 01/11/2017 2:17:58 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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