This Is the Strangest Weapon the U.S. Military Doesn't Want You to Know About
Countries around the world have stores and stores of weapons, but what is the biggest secret we know about?
The article "This Is the Strangest Weapon the U.S. Military Doesn't Want You to Know About" from BBC's Science Focus delves into the secretive nature of military innovations. It highlights Fogbank, a classified material used in nuclear warheads, and discusses how its manufacturing process was lost and later rediscovered.
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