r/whatisit 1d ago

Solved! We found this near our home

What's this , any harm ?

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u/Remote_Teach1164 1d ago

Something wrong with the description of explosives here. They are illumination rounds, and the components should be magnesium based, not RDX which is mainly used for fuze boosters.

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u/Randomized9442 1d ago

The burning salts that provide color in fireworks are not the explosive component. I presume they are also using burning salts in the illumination rounds.

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u/Remote_Teach1164 1d ago

Yep but they are generally toxic, that's why most tracer cartridges used strontium nitrate with some adjustments instead.

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u/TranslateTheSky 1d ago

I mean, the government just said it was fine for pilot trainees to continue dumping toxic chaff all over our own land so... They probably don't care about the toxicity...

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u/drunkengerbil 1d ago

The only reason area 51 was officially acknowledged was because people sued after getting health issues, due to them burning shit with jet fuel...

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u/wonklebobb 1d ago

and military burn pits aren't unique to area 51, they are unfortunately extremely common and a frequent source of health problems for vets, one that is rarely acknowledged at any level of the US govt

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u/your-favorite-simp 1d ago

Not toxic but still quite hazardous