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From: kamk@uunet.uu.net (Wrath O' Kahm)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Napalm
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Date: 22 Jul 89 04:44:44 GMT
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From: kamk@uunet.uu.net (Wrath O' Kahm)

In article <8232@cbnews.ATT.COM> howard@cos.com (Howard C. Berkowitz) writes:
+
+ ...
+
+... the Air Force was using an alternative called "incendigel (sp?)",
+which was variously described as a stable solution or suspension of
+polystyrene in gasoline, sometimes with white phosphorus added to
+make the gel self-igniting.  I would suspect the polystyrene also 
+would tend to make the smoke more toxic.

White phosphorous will also burn under water, making it harder
to extinguish the fire, and polystyrene makes the Napalm sticky
so it's harder to scrape off.  Neither of these enhancements
were appreciated by the Viet Cong.
-- 
Kameran Kashani			   kamk@sco.com
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.     uunet!sco!kamk