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Window-dressing Wars? --- The Continuing use of Napalm by Sophia Barkat Pictures of Vietnamese burning in their clothes reminds us what Napalm is. A mixture of predominantly gasoline and chemical adhesives that stick to one's clothes and body like super-glue to increase the effectiveness of burn injuries, Napalm is a weapon of high effectiveness. It's no wonder it's still being used. Reports from Iraq suggest that a variation of Napalm, found in the Mark-77 bomb, was dropped over Iraq by the US. After the backlash from Vietnam, the US defense establishment cannot openly admit that it still uses Napalm in Wars. So, it's giving its weapons new names. While the Pentagon claims that Mark-77 is not the same Napalm that was dropped in Vietnam, it cannot deny the fact that it is a variation. The Federation of American Scientists has something to say about Mark 77 or MK77: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/mk77.htm "The MK-77 is a napalm canister munition. The MK77 familiy is an evolution of the incendiary bombs M-47 and M-74, used during the conflict in Korea and the war in Vietnam. Napalm is an incendiary mixture of benzene, gasoline and polystyrene. The Marine Corps dropped all of the approximately 500 MK-77s used in the Gulf War. They were delivered primarily by the AV-8 Harriers from relatively low altitudes. MK-77s were used to ignite the Iraqis oil-filled fire trenches, which were part of barriers constructed in southern Kuwait. 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." Why Scientists Protest? The American Federation of Scientists is an organization set up by Nobel Laureates tired of being affiliated to the other half of the scientific community who work for the War Establishment. After all it was scientists at Harvard University who were also working on cancer, that happened to come up with Napalm in 1942. They had intended to use it as insecticide, though the Dow Chemicals contract that got underwritten by the US Govt., had nothing to do with killing pests. Prof. Feiser, the inventor of Napalm would take a lot of criticism for his creation, though he would deny being an accomplice: http://moderntimes.vcdh.virginia.edu/PVCC/mbase/docs/napalm.html Names for Napalm and the propaganda machine behind it: The Fallbrook Napalm is Safer to Soldiers? One version is Napalm-B, or the Fallbrook Napalm, which uses more Plastics and is thus less likely to catch fire unless deliberately set off -- a small bomb inside ignites the Napalm B, where the first bomb is NOT inflammable and so doesn't catch fire accidentally. It is still dangerous when exploded, only less dangerous to handle. It was created in 1973 when the Department of the Navy (DoN) began placing Vietnam era napalm canisters in storage at the Weapons Support Facility, Fallbrook Detachment. The Detachment is located approximately 60 miles north of San Diego, CA. By 1978 all such canisters had been consolidated and placed at the Detachment for storage and maintenance. The stockpile consists of approximately 34,123 individually crated napalm canisters. " (Source: FAS.org) From here a version of Napalm, Napalm-B, or the Fallbrook Napalm got its name. It took more explosive Napalm and added more. The Fallbrook Napalm in different lethal dozes is being used by the US military -- such as in Mark-77. For more info on author see under Contributors or meet author at JuryFury Chat. |
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