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Greener explosives show promise Eco-friendly explosives based on nitrogen compounds could soon compete with conventional detonators and propellants used in pyrotechnics, mining, and military applications. |
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Ionic polymers open door to greener, safer explosives Highly sensitive explosives could become safer and greener by exploiting newly characterised ionic polymer structures, say chemists in the US. |
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TNT for top guns It might seem counterintuitive but one way of making decoy flares for fighter planes better and safer is to make them out of TNT, say European scientists. |
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New molecule could propel rockets The largest nitrogen oxide molecule discovered to date could function as a rocket propellant, according to chemists in Sweden who have synthesised it for the first time. |
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National Defense
December 2003
Sandra I. Erwin |
'Smart' Flares Being Designed To Defeat Heat-Seeking Missiles Future military aircraft, such as the Air Force F/A-22 and the Joint Strike Fighter, will be equipped with "smart" decoy flares designed to defeat the most sophisticated heat-seeking missiles. Unlike traditional flares, which are dropped from aircraft like "hot bricks," these new infrared countermeasure devices will be able to fly predetermined trajectories, alongside the aircraft. |
