[117135] in Cypherpunks
Re: Project: Hardening Crypto Against Big Brother's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John A. Limpert)
Thu Aug 26 23:52:44 1999
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:39:46 -0400
From: "John A. Limpert" <johnl@radix.net>
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To: Petro <petro@suba.com>
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Petro wrote:
> Anyone know off the top of their head (or happen to have a
> bunch of thermite laying around) if the electric igniters for model
> rockets get hot enough to do the job? How about a lightbulb with the
> glass removed, and the filament buried in the thermite?
Magnesium ribbon and fireworks sparklers will work. I doubt that a model
rocket engine igniter would work. Model rocket engines use a propellant
that is very easy to ignite.
Be very careful with thermite. The U.S. Army lost a comm center when the
self destruct system was accidentally triggered. After that, they
disconnected the thermite charges unless there was a possibility of
enemy attack. There is a strong chance that ignition of a thermite
charge will destroy the room/building that it is located in. You could
be prosecuted for arson.
