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To: Openurmind

Not at all. Unclassified now. Glass ampule full of electrolyte smashed by “setback,” the tremendous Newton’s First Law of motion when the shell accelerates from zero to three or four times the speed of sound in an instant, powers up the battery.


6 posted on 05/02/2024 4:59:07 PM PDT by Srednik (Polyglot. Overeducated. Redeemed by Christ. Anticommunist from the womb.)
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To: Srednik

Of course, but for the time it was pretty innovative. It allowed for a much much longer storage life. Storage life was a huge issue at the time.


7 posted on 05/02/2024 5:07:26 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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And using centrifugal force to spread out the electrolyte.


9 posted on 05/02/2024 5:45:47 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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