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Secret Kinetic Rocket Fire Balls Can Create Hell Anywhere
Posted by Jesus Diaz at 8:20 AM on November 13, 2008
They are secret. They are kinetic. They are made of rubberised rocket fuel. And they fire up destroying absolutely everything they come across, bouncing through bunkers, filling buildings with extremely hot flames, obliterating everyone and anything inside with fierce heat. The Pentagon officially calls them "kinetic fireball incendiaries". Other people call them kinetic rocket fire balls, and the way they work make them absolutely terrifying weapons.
The difference between these fireballs and other high-temperature incendiary weapons like the CrashPAD or the Shredder--two modified bombs designed to eliminate Weapons of Mass Destruction--is that these don't do a good job on keeping hazardous substances under control. Once the bomb--made of explosive and incendiary material--hits the target, there's always an ejection of material to the atmosphere, which could be dangerous for the population or the troops.
The kinetic rocket fire balls, however, don't explode. Once they hit their target--delivered by a modified bomb--and ignite, they just bounce randomly finding their way across every part of the structure. In the process, they emit an extremely high temperature flame, vapourising everything around them at 1,000ΒΊF (538ΒΊC). This behaviour, bouncing everywhere and reaching every place, makes them extremely effective at destroying any kind of substance or contents in the structure.
In fact, these Weapons of Bouncy Destruction can be used against both chemical or bacteriological facilities, as well as nuclear facilities, without breaking the buildings and spreading radioactivity. For now, they are "secret" and have never been used in real action--or so they said--but they have been tested successfully in underground bunkers and may be already under limited production.
And yes, you can cue in the Jerry Lee Lewis. Now. [Danger Room]
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Chroma
Posted 3:09 PM 13/11/08
@ekow2kn3: Aw, come on, who doesn't like a bit of danger in their hot potato? In this case, it's that your hands and lower arms may get vaporized, and the rest of you will get the skin melted off!
Chroma
ekow2kn3
Posted 3:05 PM 13/11/08
1000 degrees? count me out for hot potato
ekow2kn3
Lite
Posted 3:35 PM 13/11/08
This is what happens when you taunt the happy fun ball.
Lite
dominic_428
Posted 3:27 PM 13/11/08
kinda sounds like combine balls to me
dominic_428
The Lab
Posted 3:26 PM 13/11/08
For you DIY people, you can do this with alcohol based mosquito repellent and a tennis ball. Almost burned down my cabin at summer camp. Luckily it burned through the screen door after putting holes in a few sleeping bags.
The Lab
Ethan Allison
Posted 4:00 PM 13/11/08
If they stopped using liquid napalm, I doubt they'd use bouncy solid napalm much either.
Ethan Allison
m4ximusprim3
Posted 3:59 PM 13/11/08
Jerry Lee is a personal hero of mine. Anybody who lights their piano on fire while playing it is a hero in my book.
m4ximusprim3
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
Posted 3:53 PM 13/11/08
Goodness gracious! Didn't one of the X-Prize rockets use a granulated rubber fuel? (I think Rutan's.) Something similar here perhaps?
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β
Posted 3:51 PM 13/11/08
@tamoko: Goodness gracious great balls of fire!!!
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β β β
tamoko
Posted 3:47 PM 13/11/08
"Whose got big balls?.... We've got big balls!"
tamoko
rainsfather
Posted 3:45 PM 13/11/08
damn they fixed the link. I was starting to think the secret part was the blank page that kept loading every time i clicked on "more>>".
rainsfather
Zodduska
Posted 3:43 PM 13/11/08
ok.. who gave these guys Flubberβ’?
Zodduska
deusdiabolus
Posted 4:20 PM 13/11/08
Next up for development...the BFG.
deusdiabolus
Helicoprion
Posted 4:18 PM 13/11/08
@dominic_428: That's the first thing that came to mind too 0.o
Helicoprion
DrifterTypeR
Posted 4:16 PM 13/11/08
this has got to be against the Geneva convention.
DrifterTypeR
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β
Posted 4:11 PM 13/11/08
@Ethan Allison: But I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β β β
USB_Humping_Dog
Posted 4:44 PM 13/11/08
@ajh0914: And collateral damage is a way of life in war...
USB_Humping_Dog
Shai
Posted 4:35 PM 13/11/08
Imagine if they didn't ignite though? Boy, that would sure be embarrassing. All the enemy soldiers would just play four square and have a beach party.
Shai
ajh0914
Posted 4:32 PM 13/11/08
@DrifterTypeR: only against the Geneva convention if its main use is against other humans. Since this bouncy fireball is primarily used against building and such they can get a way with it. 50 cal's are against the geneva convention when used against another human, but since their used against "vehicles" they're legit.
ajh0914
unspellable
Posted 5:12 PM 13/11/08
"What do you mean how did I get here? I followed the bouncing balls."
unspellable
jcrockerman
Posted 4:53 PM 13/11/08
all right...since when do we rip off pictures off Jehovah's Witness propaganda??? My parents are Jehovah's Witnesses and they always showed me that picture (the picture is cropped...there's more destruction in that picture.... even a cat getting the axe) to scare me into believing in a god.
jcrockerman
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
Posted 6:54 PM 13/11/08
@ajh0914: Yeah, we wouldn't want to kill anyone too dead, just dead enough.
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
Posted 6:53 PM 13/11/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β ...:
Gadge: "You should try new Napalmolive!"
Shamoononon: "Why what's that Gadge?"
Gadge: "You're soaking in it, Shamoononon!"
Shamoononon: "Ahhhh!!!! Oh!!!! It BURNS!!!!"
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
Posted 7:02 PM 13/11/08
El Kabong! "I'll do the thinnin' round here, Babalouie!" (Actually, that was El Kabong's alter ego, Quickdraw McGraw.) Also on that show was Snagglepuss and his evil twin Snaggletooth. "Exit, stage right even!"
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β
Posted 7:34 PM 13/11/08
@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: It smells like victory!
+ Watch video
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β β β
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β
Posted 7:29 PM 13/11/08
@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: She made you do the dishes tonight, didn't she...
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β β β
winmac
Posted 7:22 PM 13/11/08
@ekow2kn3: pussy...by the way...RocketFireBalls would make an awesome username!
winmac
borgseawolf
Posted 8:06 PM 13/11/08
If it's destroying everything in its path, what does it bounce off?
borgseawolf
Sticks Calhoun
Posted 10:12 PM 13/11/08
@Lite: Well done! I almost choked on my coffee.
Sticks Calhoun
-Core-
Posted 10:32 PM 13/11/08
That song sucked.. I listened to that song when I was a kid, because my mom liked the classics (ie: had no taste for good music obviously)
And I have to say 15 years later and even with the maturity of age, the song still sucks, although now I am questioning why people would even think about liking it.
@Article about Bouncing 1000Degree Balls of Fire... That's just plain scary. I mean it really is. And just think, this is the stuff we know about. Why can't we just stick to the old fashioned Guns, and Grenades, at least you can find away to survive that maybe. (Which is probably the problem for a lot of people)
-Core-
avconsumer2
Posted 12:36 AM 14/11/08
so... really fancy flaming arrows?
avconsumer2
Murph1908
Posted 1:08 AM 14/11/08
My 3rd level wizard can cast this spell, but I can't figure out how 1000 degrees only causes d6 damage.
Murph1908
HonusWScruggs
Posted 2:30 AM 14/11/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog β β β ...: You shouldn't joke about the apocalypse.
HonusWScruggs
jrghoull
Posted 2:48 AM 14/11/08
@deusdiabolus: i once had a childrens book called the BFG...stood for big friendly giant...not making this up...
jrghoull
Lucifer_Cat
Posted 3:27 AM 14/11/08
@Helicoprion: Balling for Combine?
Lucifer_Cat
fredygamer
Posted 3:34 AM 14/11/08
Where did you get that picture? Its from a Jehova's Witnesses book. I was just reading down the posts and saw that picture. Do you mention your sources?
fredygamer
BongoFury
Posted 4:11 AM 14/11/08
Anyone up for some secret kinetic rocket fire dodgeball?
BongoFury
RyaninCalgary
Posted 5:50 AM 14/11/08
@lrbreckenripple:
Are you joking? Having the capability to destroy weapons of mass destruction or disable nuclear facilities without releasing radiation/ biological/ chemical contaminants into the surrounding area is one hell of a worth while weapon. The major drawback to taking out such facilities is the fact that currently thousands to millions could die in surrounding areas.
RyaninCalgary
lrbreckenripple
Posted 5:37 AM 14/11/08
How disgusting. Weapons of this kind are uncalled for. There is nothing worth the destruction and horror caused by this weapon. Nothing.
lrbreckenripple
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
Posted 7:40 AM 14/11/08
@HonusWScruggs: At least not now...
Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler
Enochrewt
Posted 8:09 AM 14/11/08
@m4ximusprim3: A guy who married his 13 year old cousin is a hero? Ouch, you need better role models.
Enochrewt
Cynt
Posted 8:34 AM 14/11/08
soooo, should i count out getting some of these to be Mario next Halloween?
Cynt
Lite
Posted 9:33 AM 14/11/08
@Lite: [video.google.com]
Lite
-kXj-
Posted 2:55 PM 14/11/08
@jrghoull: i had it too..dont worry..i got your back. yes yes.
-kXj-
RosabelPegasus
Posted 5:34 AM 14/11/08
Not quite so secret - the inventor has a patent (7278356) on this munition - it includes pictures of prototypes: http://www.google.com/patents?id=QD2pAAAAEBAJ&dq=7278356
RosabelPegasus
Rooker156
Posted 4:26 PM 13/11/08
wait until kids figure out how to make these. :P
Rooker156
eemes
Posted 3:39 PM 13/11/08
haha good ol jerry lee louis.. he's the only famous person aside from jimmy swaggart to come outta my home town
eemes
VirreVojj
Posted 2:57 PM 17/11/08
So it's basicly Flubber with fire?
VirreVojj