Posted on 07/29/2016 8:13:11 AM PDT by huldah1776
OBAMA sent them some better stuff time is short
Foo Gas.
Nothing new here.
Thermobaric
A new type of bomb may have been developed and used by the terrorist group”
At this point, What difference does it make. Their Dead.
What do they think will happen after the Nukes Obama and Kerry gave IRAN are given to Obama’s brothers in arms, ISIS???
Phosphorus-impregnated fuel?
Interesting. I’ve heard of it but never really read much. The 5B mix seems terrifying for an anti-personnel weapon.
We had better send them some air conditioners. The lesser of two evils, you know.
It’s actually “fougasse”, a French word for a buried mine. I sort of like “Foo Gas”, though.
[[’Unique, strange, and terrible’ — ISIS may have recently created a new type of bomb]]
And the answer is :
Bring more of them in , give them housing , an EBT card , and a check . Spend millions more on homeland security to follow them around and watch them blow up Americans. /s
Oh wait that is exactly what the brilliant minds that run our government are already doing.
JV team at it again. Too bad our Varsity is more concerned with figuring out how to get Trannies and women on the front lines and mustering out anyone who objects.
Just add some Mg particles in the mixture and you would at least double the explosive force
Thermobaric weapon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A thermobaric weapon is a type of explosive that utilizes oxygen from the surrounding air to generate an intense, high-temperature explosion, and in practice the blast wave typically produced by such a weapon is of a significantly longer duration than a conventional condensed explosive. The fuel-air bomb is one of the most well-known types of thermobaric weapons.
Most conventional explosives consist of a fuel-oxidizer premix (gunpowder, for example, contains 25% fuel and 75% oxidizer), whereas thermobaric weapons are almost 100% fuel, so thermobaric weapons are significantly more energetic than conventional condensed explosives of equal weight. Their reliance on atmospheric oxygen makes them unsuitable for use underwater, at high altitude, and in adverse weather. They do, however, cause considerably more destruction when used inside confined environments, such as foxholes, tunnels, bunkers, and caves—partly due to the sustained blast wave, and partly by consuming the available oxygen inside. Thermobaric weapons have the longest sustained blast wave and most destructive force of any known explosive, excluding nuclear weapons.
You are very correct, but from my readings grunts used my spelling.
On 25 July 1916 at Ovillers-la-Boisselle during the Battle of the Somme, Z Company used 80 projectors when the Australians were due to attack Pozières. The early versions had a short range and it was necessary to place the projectors 200 yards out in no-man's-land. The resulting barrage was highly successful in neutralising the German machine-gun posts.[15]
Z Company rapidly developed the Livens Projector, increasing its range to 350 yards and eventually an electrically triggered version with a range of 1,300 yards. This version was successfully used at Messines Ridge in June 1917.[15]
The Livens Projector was then modified to fire canisters of poison gas rather than oil. This system was tested in secret, at Thiepval in September 1916 and Beaumont-Hamel in November.[15] The Livens Projector was able to deliver a high concentration of gas a considerable distance. Each canister delivered as much gas as several chemical warfare artillery shells. Without the need to reload a barrage could be launched quickly, catching the enemy by surprise. Although each projector could be fired just once during an attack, the weapon was sufficiently inexpensive to be deployed in hundreds or even thousands.
The Livens Projector was also used to fire other substances. At one time or another the drums contained high explosive, oil and cotton-waste pellets, thermite, white phosphorus and "stinks". Used as giant stink bombs to trick the enemy, "stinks" were malodorous but harmless substances such as bone oil and amyl acetate used to simulate a poison gas attack, thereby compelling the enemy to put on their cumbersome masks (which reduced the efficiency of German troops) on occasions when gas could not be safely employed.[17] Alternatively, "stinks" could be used to artificially prolong the scale, discomfort and duration of genuine gas-attacks i.e. alternating projectiles containing "stinks" with phosgene, adamsite or chloropicrin. There was even a design for ammunition containing a dozen Mills bombs in the manner of a cluster bomb.[18]
SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livens_Projector
what is the “fuel”
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