alt Hacker NewsWhich means US servicemen handling extremely dangerous chemical oxidizers under fire. This stuff reacts explosively with everything, including common metals and anything organic.
Admittedly, it allows you to sidestep the regulatory hassles with handling those chemicals in the US, we can order troops to do all sorts of non-OSHA bad ideas, but wouldn't it be easier to just do the dangerous chemical handling on US soil, on a 9-5 in factory?
> Which means US servicemen handling extremely dangerous chemical oxidizers under fire
Fueling and oxidizing is automated now. The only risk would be the oxidizer being struck. But that isn’t super different from storing any ammunition.
> wouldn't it be easier to just do the dangerous chemical handling on US soil, on a 9-5 in factory?
No, it’s not. Particularly when you factor into the risk calculation the inevitability of exhausting those stockpiles in a conflict.