“Look, I made a thermite launcher!” cackles inventor Colin Furze as he demonstrates his most recent invention in a March 31 YouTube video. While you normally have to emplace the compound, or toss a ...

Thermite, a mix of aluminum and iron oxide, burns fiercely at extremely high temperature. A new type of drone weapon is starting to make its mark in the Ukraine conflict, a munition well suited to the ...

Mad scientist Colin Furze—he of the apocalypse bunker, toasting knife, and rocket-powered go-kart among other things—has spent the past few weeks painstakingly building a grenade-launcher of sorts ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Thermite burns hot. Very, very hot. This makes it equally useful for ...

The Ukrainian military has started deploying drones retrofitted with thermite payloads, effectively transforming its lethal fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into potent "flamethrower" weapons.

Finely powdered aluminium can make almost anything more pyrotechnically interesting, from fireworks to machine shop cleanups – even ceramics, as [Degree of Freedom] discovered. He was experimenting ...

Ukrainian forces are using drones to release molten thermite on Russian armor and positions. The tactic helps Kyiv make sure that damaged Russian tanks can't be fixed up for battle again. BI visited ...