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| United States army still using Napalm weapons?; Done on a technicality | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 13 2004, 04:52 PM (335 Views) | |
| Ngagh | Aug 13 2004, 04:52 PM Post #1 |
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Huh?
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EDIT: I didn't register to read the article, just a yahoo search, but here it is anywhoo... |
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Aug 13 2004, 05:11 PM Post #2 |
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We use FAEs (Fuel-Air Explosives), but not gellied gasoline bombs. The FAE weapons are airburst weapons that spread a fireball and a concussive blast, that is a lot more efficient than using a contact weapon like napalm. By the way, Ngagh, you need to register to read that article. For those who might be interested, you might want to post the contents. |
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| Dwayne | Aug 13 2004, 05:12 PM Post #3 |
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Cry me a freaking river ... these weapons were used on front line troops ... it's not like they were dropping them on villages of innocent people. |
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| cptjeff | Aug 13 2004, 05:19 PM Post #4 |
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however, It is now a war crime to use them- no mater who they're used on. |
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| Ngagh | Aug 13 2004, 05:25 PM Post #5 |
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Huh?
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try this one. Maybe this one should work, same article. |
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Aug 13 2004, 06:10 PM Post #6 |
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Actually, it is not. Read the article. Methinks the words "war crime" get bandied about too easily, much like the word "racism." Ngagh: Thanks for the revised link. I read it. Interesting. |
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| somerled | Aug 13 2004, 10:43 PM Post #7 |
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Napalm is very precise and surgical. ![]() And I also saw the telecasts - and napalm was indeed used. |
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| ANOVA | Aug 14 2004, 10:37 AM Post #8 |
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(Sung To "Everything is Beautiful") Napalm sticks to little children All the children of the world Red and Yellow, Black and White They all scream when thay ignite Napalm stick to all the children of the world. Taught to me while in Marine Corps Bootcamp. Modern weaponry has lost its psychological impact due to its presicion. Fire has long instilled fear in man. More so in the islamic cultures due to the edict by Mohammed that fire is the only weapon that Muslims were prohibited from using against infidels becuase it was reserved by God to punish the infidels in hell. Mohammed making this statement after one ogf his generals beheaded every male in a nonmuslim town who was old enough to have "peach-fuzz". Air fuel bombs are awesome. we used them during the gulg war to takeout bunkers. The fuel disperses in the air, including the air in frontline fortifications and then ignites burning everything inside the ignition, exploding outward to damage facilities like a conventional explosion, and cuase secondary ingnitions. Great stuff, though it is better to give then recieve. ANOVA |
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Aug 14 2004, 02:54 PM Post #9 |
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You're now an expert on an obsolete munition? |
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| ANOVA | Aug 14 2004, 03:12 PM Post #10 |
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^^^ You're surpised by this revelation? Haven't found anything that Somerled doesn't have direct experience with. I'm surprised he didn't tell you about the time he was a UN weapons inspector, asked by Mr. Anon himself due to Somerled being a world renowned expert on incendiary devices. Or maybe he sees fire and thinks Napalm. ANOVA BTW: We'll be grilling out over open Napalm later this weekend. |
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| cptjeff | Aug 14 2004, 05:25 PM Post #11 |
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It is illegal to use in a combat scenario- look it up! can you say, War Crime? that's what you commit when you use nalm in a combat scenario. ANOVA, you're fine. gasoline and styrofoam are legal to grill over. (how are you going to contain the Naplam? in a pie pan or somthing like that? |
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| gvok | Aug 14 2004, 08:46 PM Post #12 |
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Come on Admiral, I don't think I've ever encountered a topic you didn't claim to be an expert on. most recently you claimed to know more about the state that I live in than I do. |
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| Minuet | Aug 14 2004, 11:15 PM Post #13 |
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^^^Gvok, maybe you should sit back and not push the buttons. Somerled can defend himself if he so chooses. |
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| gvok | Aug 14 2004, 11:38 PM Post #14 |
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Alright. Sorry Minuet. |
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| doctortobe | Aug 15 2004, 01:28 AM Post #15 |
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Jeff, fine, napalm is against the law to use. Even if you discount the fact that the US refused to sign onto it (and thus should not be bound by it), the fact of the matter is that this is not napalm.
Now, if they were to say that all fire based weaponry is off limits, then you might have a case. But, the only thing even remotelly close to napalm about these weapons is the fact that they are fire based, and the fact that both have the COMMON (not official) designation of napalm. |
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