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capnbob45

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Jul 6, 2000
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Has anyone ever heard of any incendiary/flame warheads involving gelled propane/LPG loaded with high energy fuels such as Al, Mg, B, Li or their hydrides?  I believe some research was done in the late 60s on just such a system under the codename "Fireball Project".
 
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Jane's might prove interesting although I don't know that this project ever went into production.&nbsp;&nbsp;The lab where it was being researched was within bicycling distance of my home when I was in my early teens and was a source of intrigue to me and a few friends who knew about it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Later, I worked with a former employee from that lab and althought he stuck by his security oath, if I asked the right questions the response would tell me that I was on the right track.&nbsp;&nbsp;Clues obtained from observations and sources such as Chem Abstracts led me to the gelled propane/high energy fuels idea and my friend told me that he &quot;might happen to know exactly what would happen if you did that&quot; althought he would say no more.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also Kirk Othmer has a reference in the &quot;Chemicals in War&quot; section to the U.S. Army's &quot;Controlled Fireball Destruction Mechanism&quot; which was an artillery deliverable replacement for Napalm, which had delivery problems from aircraft (low and slow for best effect but also one becomes a better target that way).<br>Capnbob45<br><A HREF="mailto:capnbob45@hotmail.com">capnbob45@hotmail.com</A>
 
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