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Winn)" width="530" height="297" alt="A test of a U.S. Harpoon anti-shipping missile (Photo: Jason C. Winn)" border="0"/></a><div class="pic_caption"> <p>A test of a U.S. Harpoon anti-shipping missile (Photo: Jason C. Winn)</p> </div> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div class="article_body"> <div id="top_unit"></div> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> <p>On December 2, 2011, U.S. Military, government and industry officials witnessed a demonstration of a new missile warhead casing material at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Dahlgren, Virginia. The material, known as High-Density Reactive Material (HDRM), is the result of collaboration between the Office of Naval Research (ONR), NSWC Dahlgren and NSWC Indian Head Divisioncan and can be employed within existing designs, but with added destructive power.</p> <p>When a steel casing is employed, kinetic energy is dissipated through the target on impact. HDRM will also dissipate kinetic energy but the material disintegrates within the target with an additional release of chemical energy. That is, damage is caused to the target not only by a high speed collision with dense material, but by a release of further energy as the material reacts.</p> <p>Dr. Jason Jouet of the NSWC Indian Head Division stated, "with the strength of aluminum, density of steel, and more than one and a half times the energy of TNT, HDRM is truly a revolutionary enabling technology."</p> <p>It should be noted that the comparison of the material's strength with aluminum here is likely in reference to strength per weight, not volume which is significant considering the material offers the same density as steel. Likewise the comparison with TNT refers to the energy released as the material reacts in a high-speed impact.</p> <h2>Why HDRM?</h2> <p>The implication of the technology is that a given target can be destroyed more easily as the material increases the probability of what is termed a "catastrophic kill." As Dr. Jouet states, "this approach may translate to less ordnance and ultimately fewer sorties to get the same result."</p> <p>It should also be noted that the material will not explode unless involved in a high energy collision, which presents an obvious safety advantage over chemical explosives. Also, as fragments of the casing material explode on impact, there is likely to be less collateral damage effects as compared with the use of existing materials.</p> <p>According to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14581097" target="_blank">BBC</a>, HDRM is a combination of metals, polymers and oxidizers. The only apparent disadvantage of HDRM in comparison to existing materials appears to be its cost, with HDRM being some three to four times as expensive. HDRM may also have implications for improved interception of hostile missiles. With time, the material may be used not only for missile warheads but for large caliber small arms rounds and other similar applications.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809/http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/dahlgren/NEWS/new_material/new_material.aspx" target="_blank">Naval Sea Systems Command</a></p>  <div id="bottom_unit"> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> </div> </div>  <span class="title">Share</span> <div id="article_share" class="dotsontop"> <span class="as_button"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809/http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="gizmag">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> twttr.events.bind('tweet', function(event) { if (event) { var targetUrl; if (event.target && event.target.nodeName == 'IFRAME') { targetUrl = extractParamFromUri(event.target.src, 'url'); } _gaq.push(['_trackSocial', 'twitter', 'tweet', targetUrl]); } }); twttr.events.bind('retweet', function(){ var targetUrl; if (event.target && event.target.nodeName == 'IFRAME') { targetUrl = extractParamFromUri(event.target.src, 'url'); } _gaq.push(['_trackSocial', 'twitter', 'retweet', targetUrl]); }); function extractParamFromUri(uri, paramName){ if(!uri){ return; } var uri = uri.split('#')[0]; //remove anchor var parts = uri.split('?'); //check for query params if(parts.length == 1){ return; //no params } var query = decodeURI(parts[1]); //find the url param paramName += '='; var params = query.split('&'); for(var i = 0, param; param = params[i]; ++i){ if(param.indexOf(paramName) === 0){ return unescape(param.split('=')[1]); } } } </script> </span> <span class="as_button"><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809js_/http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=1"></script></span> <span class="as_button"><g:plusone size="medium" count="true" href="http://www.gizmag.com/new--material-increases-weapons-explosive-force/20996/"></g:plusone></span> <span class="as_button"><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809js_/http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js"></script><script type="in/share" data-counter="right"></script></span> <span class="as_button"><script type="text/javascript">reddit_newwindow='1'</script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809js_/http://www.reddit.com/static/button/button1.js"></script></span> <fb:like href="http://www.gizmag.com/new--material-increases-weapons-explosive-force/20996/" send="false" width="450" show_faces="false" font="" id="facebook_like"></fb:like><script type="text/javascript">_ga.trackFacebook();</script> </div>   <div id="tags"> <span class="title">Tags</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <ul> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145809/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/kinetic+energy/" rel="tag">Kinetic Energy</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145809/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/military/" rel="tag">Military</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145809/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/missile+defense/" rel="tag">Missile Defense</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145809/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/weapons/" rel="tag">Weapons</a></li> <li class="clear_both"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="bing_unit"></div>  <span class="title" id="comments">User Comments (18)</span> <div class="dotsontop" id="comment_dots">  <div id="comment-100519" class="a_comment"> <p>Doing what humans do best -- blowing stuff up.... </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">DemonDuck</span> <span class="date">- January 3, 2012 @ 09:13 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100558" class="a_comment"> <p>kill, kill, wait why,oh money, religion, money, money religion, money, money, profits, money, money, money, shareholder money, profits, money,shareholders... WAR ROCKS! NOT discusting </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Bill Bennett</span> <span class="date">- January 3, 2012 @ 10:46 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100567" class="a_comment"> <p>re; Bill Bennett </p> <p></p> <p>The freedom to make ridiculous rants was purchased with blood and weapons. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Slowburn</span> <span class="date">- January 3, 2012 @ 11:29 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100600" class="a_comment"> <p>So this stuff inside some kind of steel sabot + the rail-gun under development at USN and we would be back to the days of gunboats. How high energy is 'high energy' with regards to detonation, I wonder? </p> <p></p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Alan Belardinelli</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 04:05 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100627" class="a_comment"> <p>So this material will be used to make exploding bullets? </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Carlos Grados</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 06:13 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100702" class="a_comment"> <p>@Slowburn: </p> <p>"The freedom to make ridiculous rants was purchased with blood and weapons." </p> <p>... after it was taken from us with weapons. </p> <p></p> <p>It seems a win-win situation for weapon-manufacturers. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">EinSascha</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 10:22 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100723" class="a_comment"> <p>re; EinSascha </p> <p></p> <p>Or just by bullies that are just bigger and stronger. There is a reason guns are called "Equalizers". Weapons empower the weak, far more than the strong. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Slowburn</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 02:18 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100735" class="a_comment"> <p>@slow burn: equalizers, unless you can't hit your target. Then you're just as dead as you were before guns. </p> <p></p> <p>Unless they can grind this stuff into a powder, it will be limited in usefullness. If it is a powder, it could not only be used as the charge but also as the propellant. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Ethan Brush</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 03:29 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100744" class="a_comment"> <p>Existing casings use depleted uranium, which of course remains toxic for centuries. </p> <p></p> <p>I love the way they snuck "in comparison to existing materials" into their argument - makes it sound nowhere near as dangerous for the people who need to clean up the rubble then try to live there after all the killing has ended... </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">christopher</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 04:19 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100750" class="a_comment"> <p>Isn't it just wonderful that the US military has found a more efficient way to kill fellow human beings? What else could the world possibly need? </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Marcus Carr</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 04:26 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100780" class="a_comment"> <p>@Marcus Carr - It's a more efficient way of killing your ENEMY. I know that word is like the devil these days with all this tree huggin crap, but bottom line, when we go to war against someone, we need the best weapons possible. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Derek Howe</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 06:12 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100843" class="a_comment"> <p>@Derek Howe I have no enemies, much less any I'd like to blow up with New High-Density Reactive Material. Similarly, "we" won't be going to war. A government may engage in war in my name, but it will never do so with my blessing or consent. </p> <p></p> <p>If we don't go to war, we don't need any weapons... not even really crap ones. Works for me... </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Marcus Carr</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 08:27 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-100867" class="a_comment"> <p>This is what war has been missing all along bombs that explode better, about time! </p> <p>Hooray for the US Gov. well done, and just in time for christmas! </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">flibb</span> <span class="date">- January 4, 2012 @ 10:50 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101032" class="a_comment"> <p>It kind of makes me wish Iran would go crazier and try something so we can test out all the new stuff for effectiveness then improve on it! </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">John Sweet</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 02:51 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101137" class="a_comment"> <p>re; Marcus Carr </p> <p></p> <p>since you are unwilling to defend yourself are be defended you had better learn to to disagree with people who tell you something against your own opinion. </p> <p>.......................................................................................................................... </p> <p></p> <p>re; John Sweet </p> <p></p> <p>I hope that is sarcasm. Besides Iran does not need to get crazier to try something. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Slowburn</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 08:17 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101170" class="a_comment"> <p>@John Sweet, even if that was sarcasm, I think it was in poor taste. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were just such an experiment, where civilians were afforded all the dignity and respect usually reserved for lab rats. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145809im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Marcus Carr</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 09:35 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101185" class="a_comment"> <p>It is interesting that those that don't like weapons find it necessary to try and provoke those that do. 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