If not, we should re-procure them...I like to make the libs crazy.
Posted on 08/09/2003 1:08:58 PM PDT by Pokey78
Edited on 11/10/2004 4:21:39 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
American pilots dropped the controversial incendiary agent napalm on Iraqi troops during the advance on Baghdad. The attacks caused massive fireballs that obliterated several Iraqi positions.
The Pentagon denied using napalm at the time, but Marine pilots and their commanders have confirmed that they used an upgraded version of the weapon against dug-in positions. They said napalm, which has a distinctive smell, was used because of its psychological effect on an enemy.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.independent.co.uk ...
Yep!
All of the targets are military ... what are they whining about ?
We play to win.
There's alot of controversey over it. Its some pretty scary stuff. Akin to flaming jello or something. You see guys burning, the wounds and injury's are frightening. You want to win a psy war, use this stuff. I personally condone the use of napalm, its power and effect is awesome.
The fireballs that this stuff produces, and the way it looks, make it something seperate from an ordinary exposive, the iraqi's probably lost bladder control when they say this stuff.
If not, we should re-procure them...I like to make the libs crazy.
Oh yes there is. To the lefty democrats and press such as the New York Times, using napalm is 1000 times worse than the "benign" Khmer Rouge Pol Pot regime which slaughtered millions in the late 70's.
Don't you know that napalm was developed by that evil American Imperialist corporation called Dow Chemical.
bttt!
It sort of looks like this when naplam is ignighted.
Yep, mention that napalm is a good weapon against evil forces at a NYT editorial meeting, and the "verbal napalm" you will get back at you would make Hillary proud, IMO.
To the likes of the NYT and Hillary. America is evil and always will be.
It doesn't matter what hardline, anti-US leftists like Musil say. If it wasn't napalm, he'd be criticizing something else about America.
For him, the real problem is the existence of America itself. Ultimately, Musil's kind can only be satisfied by a broken America full of Mao-suited peasants, toiling on collectivized farms and cringing in fear of a jackbooted UN occupation force.
"I love the smell of green napalm in the morning. It smells like... nature."
A fire bomb is a thin skinned container of fuel gel designed for use against dug-in troops, supply installations, wooden structures, and land convoys. Fire bombs rupture on impact and spread burning fuel gel on surrounding objects. MK 13 Mod 0 igniters are used to ignite the fuel gel mixture upon impact. The Mk-77 is the only fire bomb still in service, replacing the BLU-27.
While the MK-77 is the only incendiary munition currently in active inventory, a variety of other incendiary devices were produced, including the M-47 Napalm bomb, the M-74 incendiary bomb, and white phosphorous and munitions manufacturing. Production of these devices continued during the Korean conflict, though various demilitarization and decontamination programs were initiated in the late 1950s. Munitions destroyed included M-47 Napalm-filled bombs and incendiary cluster bombs.
The containers of napalm bomber are very light and fabricated of aluminum, with a capacity for about 75 gallons of combustible gel. They lack stabilizing fins, and consequently acquire a tumbling motion on being dropped that contributes to the scattering of the combustible gel over a wide area.
Napalm is a mixture of benzene (21%), gasoline (33%), and polystyrene (46%). Benzene is a normal component of gasoline (about 2%). The gasoline used in napalm is the same leaded or unleaded gas that is used in automobiles. Gasoline is a mixture of hydrocarbons, which burn in an engine. It is a clear liquid, made from crude oil that burns and explodes easily. It naturally contains some benzene (which makes gas smell the way it does).
Gasoline is lighter than, and floats on, water, but it will not mix with water. It dissolves grease and oil but will not dissolve polystyrene by itself, more benzene must be added to it. If gasoline is inhaled or swallowed, it can be dangerous or fatal. Breathing it results in an intense burning sensation in the throat and lungs, resulting in bronchitis and, eventually, pneumonia and possibly death. Swallowing gasoline results in inebriation (drunkenness), vomiting, dizziness, fever, drowsiness, confusion, and cyanosis (blue color)... excerpt from globalsecurity.org: Incendiary
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