On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:48:19 +0300, "Yossi Preminger"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>CNN says that the report written by the commission investigation
>the sinking of the submarine Kursk states the cause was an
>explosion of the HTP in one of the torpedoes. CNN called HTP a
>'volatile fuel'. The irresponsible and unsafe practices in the
>Russian navy and the Kursk especially were not mentioned on
>CNN and were probably downplayed in the report too.
CNN says a lot of things, with about the same level of accuracy and
credibility. We call them Constantly Negative News. Also, "Can't
read? No problem. Nice hair."
HTP is dangerous if handled stupidly. Navies use HTP in torpedoes,
where they store it in solution with alcohol - a combination we know
is explosive by itself. And they put this mixture in the same device
with a ton or so of high explosive, designed to sink ships - and they
keep the device in a pressure vessel, underwater.
This is -asking- for trouble. Occasionally trouble will answer. This
is no reflection on HTP as used in amateur rocketry.
-R
--
"Sutton is the beginning of wisdom -
but only the beginning."
-- Jeff Greason
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