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What was used for the first time in the Korean war?
Napalm or jellied gasoline firebombs.
Where was napalm used?
napalm was used in Germany and japan, vietnam, and Korea. napalm was not used in enduring freedom or in modern warfare due to being to lethal and inflicting unnecessary punishment on civilian who would come into contact with napalm
What are used for ammonia?
napalm
What is dyphenhidrimine?
A substance used in Napalm.
Why was napalm used in Vietnam war?
Napalm and Agent Orange was used mainly to kill the jungle vegetation so the Viet Cong couldn't hide and made it impossible for people to live or grow cops in the areas where they were dropped.
Who put Polystyrene in the napalm bomb?
Napalm is a mixture of a thickening gelling agent and petroleum or a similar fuel for use in an incendiary device. It consist on polystyrene (46 parts), gasoline (33 parts) and benzene (21 parts). Napalm was first developed in 1942 by Harvard researchers cooperating with the U.S. army and used in bombs and flame throwers by mixing a powdered aluminum soap of naphthalene with palpitate (hence napalm). No one is claiming credit for the development of napalm.
What was the napalm in the Vietnam war?
Napalm was used by the US Army because the Vietcong( North Vietnam) used guerrilla tactics and there jungles were so think the us army had to find a way throw with out getting attack from surprise. The napalm is a jelly based atomic bomb that set the jungle on fire. napalm was not the only thing they used they also use agent orange witch was a pesticide that killed the plants.
Why did the US stop using napalm in the Vietnam war?
I'm doing an assignment on this, and the "Napalm Girl" image, which depicts a 9 year old girl who'd been hit by a napalm strike and suffered third degree burns to roughly half of her body. The picture was famous for showing people some horrors of the Vietnamese War. I'm led to believe that that image and the public's reaction to it caused the prohibition of Napalm use.
What type of WMD was used by the US in the Vietnam war?
Napalm?
When Is Napalm leagal to use?
During the war, US policy was: 1. First strike with atomic weapons 2. Will retaliate with chemical weapons, if the enemy uses them first 3. Will never use biological weapons Napalm is a fire weapon. Napalm came under heavy public attack during/since Vietnam. Fire weapons are not new; in WWII, the German city of Dresden was firebombed by allied bombers. Napalm today is frowned upon by all the peoples (because of images of Vietnam); but their are other forms of fire weapons that are equal to Napalm that can be used by the military if needed.
What is the feeling of napalm?
Napalm is a burning agent.
What is the fuel used in flamethrowers?
coal, petrol, oil, wood...
