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      Uh, no it isn’t. Bricking would be to render them inoperable. The machines need to be completely destroyed to keep the physical components of the optical path out of the hands of the Chinese. Thermite grenades on the optics and C4 to make sure

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        12 days ago

        I’m pretty sure thermite will render them inoperable; it tends to render most things inoperable

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            No, that’s potassium/kalium. If you want to brick them with with K, you probably want to start with potassium nitrate

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              No. that was, “This conversation is too stupid to continue.” I’ve worked in more than one orange sledghammer and thermite grenade facility and studied chemistry in university.

              Once again, “K”.