LOSAT on a tracked vehicle.

[Scott Kenny]

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CL-20 is not an insensitive explosive.

Which is why the US isn't using it.

 

[jsport]

Isn't modification to insensitive not such major issue anymore?

 

[Scott Kenny]

Isn't modification to insensitive not such major issue anymore?

Insensitive munition explosives are much less effective than non-insensitive explosives.

Call it 1.3x TNT equivalent for IM, and up to 1.95x TNT Equivalent for non-IM.

 

[jsport]

Insensitive munition explosives are much less effective than non-insensitive explosives.

Call it 1.3x TNT equivalent for IM, and up to 1.95x TNT Equivalent for non-IM.

Werent we talking about rocket fuel?

 

[Scott Kenny]

Werent we talking about rocket fuel?

The difference between rocket fuel and high explosive is whether you're burning it at one end or detonating the entire mess at once.

 

[jsport]

The difference between rocket fuel and high explosive is whether you're burning it at one end or detonating the entire mess at once.

Ok, rocket fuel should have moved on to insensitive high energy technology beyond cl-20 by now then and may not be public.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Ok, rocket fuel should have moved on to insensitive high energy technology beyond cl-20 by now then and may not be public.

Herr Doktor Lowe did opine that the only reason CL20 showed up in the regular literature at all was because it wasn't Insensitive.