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Old 02-02-2017, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT. View Post
TMP warheads with metallic hydrogen instead of HE/TNT/RDX?

Ouch.

Super powerful explosives might just be a "happy" addition to other advanced tech if TMP was able to produce metallic hydrogen. It would also be a room temp superconductor AND a material which might be able to achieve fusion without the normal rigmarole.

Given the material was theorized in the 30s and it seems that only a bit of ingenuity (coating the diamond presses with aluminum) was the breakthrough needed, TMP could have achieved it in the 60s.
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