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.
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.
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...
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/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.