What's So Important About Energetics? Everything

Abstract

In March 2003, a Marine Cobra helicopter hit an Iraqi outpost with a thermobaric Hellfire missile. President George W. Bush later stated: "We used a new Hellfire missile for the first time, which can take out enemy fighters hiding on one floor of a building, without destroying the floors above and below .. .. In the coming years, there are going to be some awfully surprised terrorists when the thermobaric Hellfire comes knocking."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA597942

Entities

People

  • Robert V. Gates

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Bombs
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energetic Materials
  • Engineers
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Navy
  • Propellants
  • Reactive Materials
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Readers

  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Strategic Security Studies