Mexico city, a tanker carrying 3000 gallons of petrol collides with a passenger train and ignites. The ensuing fire causes a massive BLEVE.
A liquid gas station in Seoul catches fire,causing a refueling tanker to explode in a massive BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion)
Footage of the BLU-82B "daisy cutter" bomb in 1970. Designed to create an instant clearing in the jungles of Vietnam, it has also been used an anti-personnel weapon because of its very large lethal radius (280m). The BLU-82 uses conventional explosive incorporating both agent and oxidizer. In contrast, fuel-air explosives (FAE) consist only of an agent and a dispersing mechanism, and take their oxidizers from the oxygen in the air. The minimum altitude for release due to blast effects of the weapon is 1,800 m above ground level. The warhead contains 5,700 kg of low-cost GSX slurry (ammonium nitrate, aluminium powder and polystyrene) and is detonated just above ground level by a 965 mm fuse extender, optimized for destruction at ground level without digging a crater. The weapon produces an overpressure of 1000 psi near ground zero.
The MiG-29 OVT (NATO code name "Fulcrum-F) is a variant of the Soviet air superiority fighter. Retro-fitted with thrust vectoring engines and fly-by-wire controls, it serves as a test bed and demonstrator for these technologies.
Developed for the USAF as reconnaissance aircraft more than 40 years ago, SR-71s are still the world's fastest and highest-flying production aircraft. The aircraft can fly more than 2200 mph (Mach 3+ or more than three times the speed of sound) and at altitudes of over 85,000 feet. As research platforms, the aircraft can cruise at Mach 3 for more than one hour.
The B-17 was primarily employed in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets. The U.S. 8th Air Force based in England complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in Operation Pointblank, to help secure air superiority over Western Europe in preparation for Operation Overlord. Despite their legendary ability to absorb damage, especially in belly-landings and ditchings, aircrews faced a 1 in 3 chance of not returning from their missions. Music: Max Richter - 'On The Nature Of Daylight'.
In strategic nuclear parlance, the Nuclear Triad refers to the three tiers of a country's nuclear arsenal. Composed of land-based ICBMs, ballistic missile submarines armed with SLBMs, and strategic bombers armed with bombs or cruise missiles. This reduces the possibility that an enemy could destroy all of a country's nuclear forces in a first strike attack. This ensures a credible threat of a second strike, and is the cornerstone of the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD).
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Flames & Fire Growth in a Room: Fire Science Video (1974)
Trailer: This film documents a fire test conducted at the National Bureau of Standards Fire Research Building. The film demonstrates how quickly a fire can spread in a typical living room and shows flames spreading across the walls and ceilings. Within a few minutes, the room is engulfed in flames. It explains the utilization of the research instruments placed in the room for testing purposes and gives information on how flashover works. See the full length video at: www.qualityinformationpublishers.com
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PYROLYSIS SOLAR PYROLYSIS GREEN GARBAGE DISPOSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT FRESNEL LENS
http://www.greenpowerscience.com/ This is an idea I have had for a long time. Solar power.
One of the world's worst airshow disasters. Seventy-two spectators as well as three pilots were killed and 346 were seriously injured in the resulting explosion and fire. The event took place in front of an audience of 300,000 on 28/08/1988 at the Ramstein Air Base in the US.
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