This sounds a lot like a commercial product you can buy at Home Depot called "Great Stuff." You extrude it under pressure into gaps and holes, and it expands to fill the space... and keeps ON expanding and leaves quite a residue. If that product was amped up through some chemical process, I could see how it could fill part of a tunnel that would take some time to dig out of.
Heh... well SOMETHING like that. More likely, either DARPA or Israel toyed with that product or the binary chemicals that make it up, did a 'gain of function' research on it, and made it into a weapons-grade substance. I'd love to know how that works.
". The “sponge bomb” - technically a liquid emulsion - is hazardous to work with, and some Israeli soldiers have lost their sight through mishandling the mixture."
you tell me that's not a chemical weapon. just an untested mixture that has caused blindness in experts who mishandled it. I'm sure it's safe though...
Piss and bleech in your toilet is not a chemical weapons. But...... In some instances it is, when used to bring the resultant chemical into the lungs of others.
PUBLISHED: 13:12 EDT, 27 October 2023 | UPDATED: 14:18 EDT, 27 October 2023
Israeli troops could be planning to disable Hamas tunnels and trap the terrorists underground using innovative 'sponge bombs'.
How to deal with concealed fighters hiding in the myriad of tunnels under Gaza will be one the main concerns for the Israel Defence Force (IDF) when they begin their long-promised ground offensive into the besieged city.
And according to some reports, a secret new weapon dubbed the 'sponge bomb' could see deployment for the first time.
Based around a liquid emulsion, the chemical compound can be dropped into a tunnel before rapidly expanding and hardening, potentially trapping attackers down alleys or securing safe routes for Israeli commandos while searching for hostages.
How Israeli sponge bombs could be used to trap Hamas terrorists in tunnels underground
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How Israeli sponge bombs could be used to trap Hamas terrorists in tunnels underground
How to deal with concealed fighters hiding in the myriad of tunnels under Gaza will be one the main concerns for the Israel Defence Force (IDF) when they begin their long-promised ground offensive into the besieged city
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How to deal with concealed fighters hiding in the myriad of tunnels under Gaza will be one the main concerns for the Israel Defence Force (IDF) when they begin their long-promised ground offensive into the besieged city
Hamas terrorists sitting in tunnels underneath Gaza which the IDF will try to neutralise with 'sponge bombs'
Hamas terrorists sitting in tunnels underneath Gaza which the IDF will try to neutralise with 'sponge bombs'
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Troops are said to have used the handheld devices at the Israeli military's 'mini Gaza', a mock-up of the urban warren where they will soon be expected to fight constructed at the Urban Warfare Training Center in the Negev desert.
According to the Telegraph, the bombs feature a metal partition separating the two volatile liquids, which immediately react when they touch.
The material is said to be so hazardous that Israeli troops were blinded during practise sessions.
Foam and even slime have often been considered for their potential military utility, but results have been modest.
A fighter holding a rocket propelled grenade launcher climbs out of a Gaza tunnel
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A fighter holding a rocket propelled grenade launcher climbs out of a Gaza tunnel
A general view shows the interiors of what the Israeli military say is a cross-border attack tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel, on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip border
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A general view shows the interiors of what the Israeli military say is a cross-border attack tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel, on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip border
The estimate that the tunnels stretch hundreds of kilometres is widely accepted by security analysts, even though the blockaded coastal strip is only 40km (25 miles) long
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The estimate that the tunnels stretch hundreds of kilometres is widely accepted by security analysts, even though the blockaded coastal strip is only 40km (25 miles) long
American troops used guns shooting ultra-sticky foam as a non-lethal way to disable rioters while on deployment in Somalia in the mid-1990s, although results are said to have been mixed.
However, any weapon, no matter how experimental, could be crucial if Israel does indeed intend to enter the tunnels.
The estimate that they stretch hundreds of kilometres is widely accepted by security analysts, even though the blockaded coastal strip is only 40km (25 miles) long.
And while Hamas is naturally secretive about their networks, the recently released Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, said: 'It looked like a spider's web, many, many tunnels', adding: 'We walked kilometres under the ground.'
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This sounds a lot like a commercial product you can buy at Home Depot called "Great Stuff." You extrude it under pressure into gaps and holes, and it expands to fill the space... and keeps ON expanding and leaves quite a residue. If that product was amped up through some chemical process, I could see how it could fill part of a tunnel that would take some time to dig out of.
Insulation companies use it on large scale in houses ect.
Yeah, I'd heard of that. Maybe the military has found a way to weaponize it. It's what they do.
Shake up a can and hit from down range...instant tunnel plug.
Heh... well SOMETHING like that. More likely, either DARPA or Israel toyed with that product or the binary chemicals that make it up, did a 'gain of function' research on it, and made it into a weapons-grade substance. I'd love to know how that works.
Only Israel is allowed to brag about using chemical weapons on civilian targets.
is normal don't be antisemitic
Since when is insulation foam a chemical weapon?
If they flooded the tunnel with that chemical called H2O, Would that be a chemical weapon as well?
". The “sponge bomb” - technically a liquid emulsion - is hazardous to work with, and some Israeli soldiers have lost their sight through mishandling the mixture."
you tell me that's not a chemical weapon. just an untested mixture that has caused blindness in experts who mishandled it. I'm sure it's safe though...
Israel is the best at killing civilians!!
Piss and bleech in your toilet is not a chemical weapons. But...... In some instances it is, when used to bring the resultant chemical into the lungs of others.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12680935/SPONGE-bomb-Israel-disable-Hamas-tunnels-palestine-gaza.html The 'SPONGE bomb' Israel are hoping to use to disable Hamas tunnels: New gadget expands and hardens, filling underground passageways Israeli troops may trap Hamas in tunnels using innovative new 'sponge bombs' By JOSH WHITE
PUBLISHED: 13:12 EDT, 27 October 2023 | UPDATED: 14:18 EDT, 27 October 2023
Israeli troops could be planning to disable Hamas tunnels and trap the terrorists underground using innovative 'sponge bombs'.
How to deal with concealed fighters hiding in the myriad of tunnels under Gaza will be one the main concerns for the Israel Defence Force (IDF) when they begin their long-promised ground offensive into the besieged city.
And according to some reports, a secret new weapon dubbed the 'sponge bomb' could see deployment for the first time.
Based around a liquid emulsion, the chemical compound can be dropped into a tunnel before rapidly expanding and hardening, potentially trapping attackers down alleys or securing safe routes for Israeli commandos while searching for hostages.
How Israeli sponge bombs could be used to trap Hamas terrorists in tunnels underground +6 View gallery How Israeli sponge bombs could be used to trap Hamas terrorists in tunnels underground
How to deal with concealed fighters hiding in the myriad of tunnels under Gaza will be one the main concerns for the Israel Defence Force (IDF) when they begin their long-promised ground offensive into the besieged city +6 View gallery How to deal with concealed fighters hiding in the myriad of tunnels under Gaza will be one the main concerns for the Israel Defence Force (IDF) when they begin their long-promised ground offensive into the besieged city
Hamas terrorists sitting in tunnels underneath Gaza which the IDF will try to neutralise with 'sponge bombs' Hamas terrorists sitting in tunnels underneath Gaza which the IDF will try to neutralise with 'sponge bombs'
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According to the Telegraph, the bombs feature a metal partition separating the two volatile liquids, which immediately react when they touch.
The material is said to be so hazardous that Israeli troops were blinded during practise sessions.
Foam and even slime have often been considered for their potential military utility, but results have been modest.
A fighter holding a rocket propelled grenade launcher climbs out of a Gaza tunnel +6 View gallery A fighter holding a rocket propelled grenade launcher climbs out of a Gaza tunnel
A general view shows the interiors of what the Israeli military say is a cross-border attack tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel, on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip border +6 View gallery A general view shows the interiors of what the Israeli military say is a cross-border attack tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel, on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip border
The estimate that the tunnels stretch hundreds of kilometres is widely accepted by security analysts, even though the blockaded coastal strip is only 40km (25 miles) long +6 View gallery The estimate that the tunnels stretch hundreds of kilometres is widely accepted by security analysts, even though the blockaded coastal strip is only 40km (25 miles) long
American troops used guns shooting ultra-sticky foam as a non-lethal way to disable rioters while on deployment in Somalia in the mid-1990s, although results are said to have been mixed.
However, any weapon, no matter how experimental, could be crucial if Israel does indeed intend to enter the tunnels.
The estimate that they stretch hundreds of kilometres is widely accepted by security analysts, even though the blockaded coastal strip is only 40km (25 miles) long.
And while Hamas is naturally secretive about their networks, the recently released Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, said: 'It looked like a spider's web, many, many tunnels', adding: 'We walked kilometres under the ground.'
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