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*International law does not necessarily prohibit the use of napalm or other incendiaries against military targets, | *International law does not necessarily prohibit the use of napalm or other incendiaries against military targets. However, use against civilian populations was banned by the United Nations. | ||
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In the Halo Universe, the Napalm Grenade was used by UNSC forces in the Halo Novels.[1] It, however, is not in Halo 3, since its idea has been replaced by the Type-3 Grenade, used primarily by Brute Stalkers.
Background
Historically, Napalm is a mixture of chemicals which, when mixed with gasoline and compressed, makes a sticky incendiary gel. Developed by the U.S. in World War II by a team of Harvard chemists led by Louis Fieser, its name is a combination of its original ingredient's names:
- Aluminum salts of naphthenic and palmitic acids.
The name has since evolved from just the gasoline and Napalm gel, to mean any substance that causes intense fires upon ignition.
Trivia
- International law does not necessarily prohibit the use of napalm or other incendiaries against military targets. However, use against civilian populations was banned by the United Nations.
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 262
