{"id":10619,"date":"2006-12-08T09:20:57","date_gmt":"2006-12-08T16:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/12\/08\/our-silly-string-at-war.html"},"modified":"2006-12-08T09:20:57","modified_gmt":"2006-12-08T16:20:57","slug":"our_silly_string_at_war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/08\/our_silly_string_at_war.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Silly String at War!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is actually pretty cool (in a horrifying way) — using Silly String in combat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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American troops use the stuff to detect trip wires around bombs, as Marcelle Shriver learned from her son, a soldier in Iraq.<\/p>\n

Before entering a building, troops squirt the plastic goo, which can shoot strands about 10 to 12 feet, across the room. If it falls to the ground, no trip wires. If it hangs in the air, they know they have a problem. The wires are otherwise nearly invisible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That’s really remarkably clever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is actually pretty cool (in a horrifying way) — using Silly String in combat. American troops use the stuff to detect trip wires around bombs, as Marcelle Shriver learned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitical-brouhaha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4236,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/10\/homeland_insecu.html","url_meta":{"origin":10619,"position":0},"title":"Homeland insecurity","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 10-Oct-03 8:53am","format":false,"excerpt":"Partisan sniping aside, 9\/11 provided ample sentiment among the populace to go along with increased security measures -- if they seem serious, and if they're well-managed. 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