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HTP may be (comparatively) non-toxic but that doesn't mean it's necessarily less dangerous. The Kursk (Soviet ballistic missile submarine) was sunk by a malfunc
by dralley 6y ago
HTP may be (comparatively) non-toxic but that doesn't mean it's necessarily less dangerous. The Kursk (Soviet ballistic missile submarine) was sunk by a malfunctioning HTP torpedo.
- jabl 6y agoHaving an oxidizer that easily starts to exothermically decompose sounds extremely dangerous. This was pointed out as the main factor why HTP "lost" to NTO/IRFNA as the storable oxidizer of choice already back in Clarks Ignition (1972). The toxicity of NTO is bad, extremely so, and everyone knows it. But having your oxidizer tank suddenly go boom on its own accord is even worse.