Tomahawks - They be a blowin up better!

phavoc

Cosmic Mongoose
An article talking about taking deliberate advantage of the potential explosive potential of the remaining fuel in a Tomahawk missile once it strikes it's targets. Thermobarbaric (i.e fuel air explosive) tech isn't new. And sometimes (as the article cites), you get it for free - like when the UK frigate caught fire from the fuel of the Exocet instead of the warhead that didn't detonate - you still can get the desired effect.

I would imagine there is probably some a bit of fancy work going on behind the scenes to ensure the fuel can be properly vaporized AND detonate in tandem with the warhead - you don't want one necessarily taking out the other first.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a18994/tomahawk-missiles-fuel-air-explosion/
 
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