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02-13-2021, 9:11pm | #1 | |||||||
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The Germans during WWII had in place and intended to use a thermobaric weapon (FAE) against the invasion of Europe.
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I might have heard the name Taifun before. Can't say I recall the story behind it however. Learned something new today.... Aluminium Dumb asses. |
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Huh. Imagine if they used something like magnesium powder instead.
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Yeah, too bad they ran off all those Jewish physicists
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Aluminum powder has been used as rocket fuel for centuries, dating back to China. Even the SLS sold boosters have it as one component because it works so well.
To give SLS extra power to get it off the ground, twin five-segment rocket boosters, built by Orbital ATK, tower more than 17 stories tall, burn six tons of solid propellant each second and help SLS break free from the clutches of Earth’s gravity. Solid rocket fuel is the original rocket fuel, dating back to the early fireworks developed by the Chinese centuries ago. For the SLS boosters, aluminum powder serves as the fuel and a mineral salt, ammonium perchlorate, is the oxidizer. The powerful aluminum-ammonium perchlorate reaction fuels the twin SLS solid rocket boosters. The German formula would literally be like aiming a rocket engine at your enemy. |
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