This directional focus improves control and raises the likelihood of damage, 20 and, hence, makes them appealing to terrorist groups. Dense inert metal explosive dime munitions, the longterm health impacts of which are unconfirmed. En only in midoctober 2006 a team of investigative journalists at rai italian television reported that israel had been using a new weapon in the gaza strip, similar to dime dense inert metal explosive. Health conditions in the occupied palestinian territory, including east jerusalem, and in the occupied syrian golan. Dense inert metal explosive dime is one of the air force research laboratorys responses to the challenge of fighting in an urban environment without hurting innocent bystanders in the process. The weapons originated as an offshoot of a bunkerbusting program, when it was found that adding tungsten powder to. The second internationally banned weapon used by israel is armor piercing bombs. Dense inert metal explosive dime an explosive spray of superheated micro shrapnel made from milled and powdered heavy metal tungsten alloy hmta, which is highly lethal toxic within a small area. We first reported on dense inert metal explosive dime munitions in 2006. Tungsten bombs leave israels victims with mystery wounds. With the eyes of the entire world on israel, i would think they would have to be totally stupid to use banned weapon. Israel attacks syria with f16s and f35s general f35 forum. Dense inert metal explosive dime is an experimental type of explosive that has a relatively small but effective blast radius. This tungsten alloy bombs consist of micro shrapnel 12 mm of heavy metals as cobalt.
What difference would you expect to happen to the cratering ability of the explosive against the slab if. Dime is dense inert metal explosives, an experimental weapon developed by the us air force in 2006 and never used by the us because it was deemed to inhumane. Impossible to remove, causing longterm, irreversible suffering. The environmental consequences of the use of armed. Many of these tests do not necessarily scale to surfaceblasting situations. Dense inert metal explosive dime israel used experimental weapons in gaza. Experts say it has a relatively small but effective blast radius and is believed to have strong biological effects on those who are hit by the bombs microshrapnel. Dense inert metal explosive dime is a filling for explosive devices, intended to concentrate more power in a smaller volume, and both improve the chance of target destruction while reducing the damage to people and objects outside the intended explosion radius. While its initial uses are military, commercial applications in manufacturing and mining offer promise. Explosive compositions with tungsten additives, dime, increase the density of equipment and may be used to reduce side effects of precision weapons without damage efficiency reduction.
A warhead apparatus, method of making same, and method of detonating same comprising employing a high explosive core, an energetically and physically dense reactive material substantially surrounding the core, and a pressure vessel substantially surrounding the reactive material. Combined with photographs of the victims and testimony from attending doctors, this evidence points to the use of dense inert metal explosives dime. Report on use of chemical weapons by the turkish armed. The ld value may also be computed by dividing the total explosives charge weight loaded into a hole w by the length of the. With nounverb tables for the different cases and tenses links to audio pronunciation and. Eden and belcher 8 investigated the effects of brass and beryllium be on an edc35 explosive in the. Dime weapons spread inert metal atoms that penetrate the human body and are difficult to get out of human tissue. All foia cases received between 1112009 and 2312009. Are banned weapons being used in the israelpalestine. Recent news about an airstrike which may have killed civilians, as well as taliban fighters, highlights the problem.
Nanotechnology and the international law of weaponry. Dense inert metal explosive, known as dime, is an explosive device developed to minimize collateral damage in warfare. Total impulse gauge tig for measurements of multiphase. It is an explosive ingredient in dynamite 2040% with ethylene glycol dinitrate 8060%. Dense inert metal explosive dime, thermobaric bombs, cluster bombs and uranium ammunitions and experimented novel weapons and delivery modalities. Israel may be using dime in gaza analyses of some explosives deployed by the idf in the threeweekold campaign suggest the possible use of dense inert metal explosives dime. For example, the israeli army has developed and deployed the dense inert metal explosive dime, an explosive device that scatters microparticles of shrapnel at intense heat and speed. The warhead explosive fill is a dense inert metal explosive containing fine tungsten particles to provide a ballasted payload with sufficient penetration mass. It has an incredible destructive force that literally cuts people into pieces, amputating limbs, decapitating. As the former designation dense inert metal explosives dime suggests, these use a filling of a high explosive he mixed with an inert high density metal powder. Health conditions in the occupied palestinian territory.
Dime stands for dense inert metal explosive ammunition. Precision engagement strategic context for the long war. It is manufactured by producing a homogeneous mixture of an explosive material such as phlegmatized hmx or rdx and small particles of a chemically inert material such as tungsten. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the dense inert metal explosive article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. Mnx1209 explosive mbx blast only sdb i hardware attaches to. It is manufactured by producing a homogeneous mixture of an explosive material and small particles of a chemically inert material such as tungsten. Dime is defined as dense inert metal explosive ammunition frequently. Dime bombs produce an unusually powerful blast within a. Israel firing experimental weapons at gazas civilians. Publicly, it is slated for initial deployment in 2008. Near as i can tell, the penetrating steel case of the other warhead type was replaced with a lightweight composite case to allow for the heavier dime filler, so that variant doesnt have much capability against.
The tungsten displaces energetic material so as to reduce the total energetic used. Information confirmed a large number of deaths due to the inhalation of white phosphorus smoke and chemical burns caused by the use of internationally prohibited white phosphorus bombs against civilians. By design, those have a small blast radus, likely smaller than the 16 kg filler versions. For example, dense inert metal explosive dime munitions, the longterm health impacts of which are unconfirmed.
Technical considerations relevant to their use and effects. Learn the translation for densely in leo s english. In rmbx, tungsten is replaced by pyrophoric heavy metals for example, ta. The net results are higher dynamic energy impulse all. The environmental consequences of the use of armed drones. Press release israel is experimenting new nonconventional. Israel is experimenting new nonconventional weapons in gaza mounting evidence is emerging that israel is experimenting new nonconventional weapons on. Dense inert metal explosive dime in midoctober 2006 a team of investigative journalists at rai italian television reported that israel had been using a new weapon in the gaza strip, similar to. Christians should not support israel and ashkenazi khazar. The features of injuries by dime are very similar to white phosphorous munitions and are often fatal1. Integrate dense inert metal explosive dime w composite warhead case into the small diameter bomb sdb i airframe. This warfare of the future is reminiscent of what israel has been doing for years, but with oneton bombs, 155mm artillery shells, and tankfired antipersonnel flechette bombs. While treating victims of operation protective edge, medical service personnel in the gaza strip have reported an increasing number of unusual injuries which they believe to be the result of israels experimental use of dense inert metal explosives dime.
Or will they actually increase civilian casualties and suffering, and mimic depleted uranium weapons by inducing disease and genetic damage in their victims. Total impulse gauge tig for measurements of multiphase flows in blast waves. R4 adopted on 21 january 2009 extended report 1 geneva 21 may 2009 1 a short version of this report has been submitted to the 62nd world health assembly a6224add. Dense inert metal explosives suppose you had an explosive placed a short distance away from. Thats the focused lethality munitionflm version with dense inert metal explosive dime filler.
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