[techcor]

Bump to read later. Looks interesting.

[ConservativeMind]

I'm surprised that the environmentally hysterical Popular Science editors were willing to waste aluminum for the mere benefit of a demonstration.

[Cvengr]

Better living through modern chemistry.

[LZ_Bayonet]

So you could just fly over parked enemy aircraft and spray them with a mist, instead of dropping explosives?

[catman67]

Thanks PM for upping the threat matrix level from islamofascists!

[Kevmo]

Looks like something for the military history ping list.

[chrisser]

Scans are so last-century...

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-09/amazing-rusting-aluminum

[Hegemony Cricket]

Not to mention all the rusty ol’ Mercurys you see around...

[Dead Dog]

It aint rust.

[stevio]

Well I learned something new today.

[MHGinTN]

Ping-a-ling

[Blood of Tyrants]

I don’t believe the commando story. If they got close enough the spread mercury on the planes, then they would get close enough to put a small bomb in the plane that would explode when the altitude reached 500 feet or so. Killing the pilot with the plane. Or if they feared the bomb would be discovered, just place a bomb in the plane with a timer to explode in half an hour or so.

[aruanan]

So mercury filled paintballs could really wreak havoc .

[wildbill]

publicizing this in an era of terroism isn’t the smartest thing the West has ever done.

[Yardstick]

If not for the toxicity, mercury would be one of the best toys ever.