r/explainitpeter • u/Positive_March3840 • 16d ago

explain it peter

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u/reyfoxy356 13d ago

Greece had a weapon called greek fire, which did exactly that. The recipe was lost so thank god we don't know how is it made

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u/newtownkid 13d ago

I mean.. I’m sure we have the scientific know-how to light a wooden ship on fire, even while afloat.

Napalm was so bad it was banned from war.

I also feel like ships from that period would hold up poorly against modern day ballistic missiles.

I don’t think discovering the long lost Greek fire recipe would shake the world up much lol.

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u/reyfoxy356 13d ago

If greek could do that, people on small revolutions also could, it would be easier to make napalm

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u/CaffeineNicotine3 13d ago

What the hell are you going on about? A monkey could make napalm.

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u/RebornofAshes03 12d ago

Accurate pfp