"Science executive Douglas Carpenter (of the high-tech defense contractor Quantumsphere), on the difficulty of convincing the Pentagon to graduate to weapons made of "nanometals," which pack much more explosive power than current weapons: "Getting the government to change the way they kill people is difficult." [TechnologyReview.com, 1- 21-05]"
via notw (May 8, 2005)
more: Military Reloads With Nanotech
~Hengist Duval comments that nanometal explosives are useful in 'narrow range special situations, like in cave busting'.
Could nanometals provide a less poisonous, i.e. radioactive free alternative to what the Bush administration has recently funded?