Pentagon’s Weapon Against WMD Bunkers: Rocket Ball!

By Alex in Weapons & War on Nov 13, 2008 at 3:36 am

Bunker-busting bombs are pretty darned effective against hardened underground bunkers, but maybe it’s not such a good idea to blow up chemical or biological weapons (that may just spread ‘em, which makes things worse).

So the Pentagon dreamed up something straight out of science fiction movies: a rocket ball!

The Pentagon has a new secret weapon to neutralize sites containing
chemical or biological weapons: rocket balls. These are hollow spheres, made of rubberized rocket fuel; when ignited, they propel themselves around at random at high speed, bouncing off the walls and breaking through doors, turning the entire building into an inferno. The makers call them "kinetic fireball incendiaries."

David Hambling of Wired’s Danger Room blog has more: Link


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  1. Christophe
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 6:55 am

    Some nerves will be shaken and some brain will be rattled…

  2. Rocky Rook
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 7:03 am

    Rocket balls. Just say that out loud a few times and try not to giggle.

  3. noahstrickland
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 8:38 am

    there is only one word for this……..awsome.

  4. MENLOHEAVYWEIGHT
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 10:32 am

    I wonder what that mush sound like sitting down the hall from what must be your impending doom.

  5. JamesB
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Great balls of fire!

  6. Bill
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 11:04 am

    Wow, we humans are really good at killing each other.

  7. silentwatcher24
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Bouncy balls of DOOOOM

  8. Johnny Cat
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 11:30 am

    Didn’t we see this in MIB?

  9. Him
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    Wow, i’ll play fetch with THIS.

  10. cheechman85
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    Like the movie “The Rock”

  11. DOJ
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    Brought to you by Nerf

  12. Chandrielle
    Nov 14th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.


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