Posted on 09/25/2019 12:00:37 PM PDT by PROCON
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The U.S. Air Force is testing an improved,vegan version of the classic Cold War throwback weapon napalm, according to Air Force officials. The new weapon is expected to be able to burn the enemies of the United States to death while assuaging serious moral and environmental concerns.
“Napalm is just a mix of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical,” said Louie Fleischer, a supervisory technical support specialist with the 96th Test Wing. “Historically, we’ve used animal-based gels. But now that the Department of Defense systemically rejects the commodity status of animals, we are testing plant-based alternatives. They’re working out pretty well.”
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A member of the UK Defense asked if we had lethality data on flechettes. They were being criticized for the possibility that the flechettes might have carcinogenic properties. I told him we had solved the issue of survivors getting cancer. When he asked how, I explained we planned on firing twice to reduce the survival rate.
Styrofoam and diesel was what I learned in junior high.
Did we go to school together? See my post 42.
Well, it sounds OK to me. How many vegans do you have to process to make a bomb?
Good one, LOL! Gonna need a new keyboard.
“Is vegan napalm anything like environmentally friendly nukes?”
I believe what you are describing is the neutron bomb. It’s friendly because it’s residual effects are brief and the actual blast is reduced. Less physical damage but the opportunity to kill with radiation is stronger as compared to a pure fission bomb with an identical explosive yield, a neutron bomb would emit about ten times the amount of neutron radiation. Just not the blast. And the half-life of neutrons is 15 minutes.
rwood
“Does this mean there will be a bounty paid for vegans to help a war effort?”
Actually they did this as reparations for Vegans killed with the old formula. If you had a relation that was melted, please call any known ambulance chaser for information on money set aside by Dow Chemical just for such an occasion.
rwood
“But now that the Department of Defense systemically rejects the commodity status of animals...”
Hmm...
I doubt it will be any more healthful.
They won the Franchise Wars. [Demolition Man]
An additional benefit of vegan napalm is that after the enemy is BBQ’d with it they still taste like chicken!
Like the Neutron Bomb? Only killed animals but left the area intact and undamaged...
Is technology great, or what?
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