It was purportedly (and probably in actuality) intended as a survival aid to be used after landings and before recovery in the Siberian wilderness, although allegedly was intended as a defensive weapon against in-space attacks by the US space program.

  • janus2
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    161 year ago

    I had to look up whether gunpowder requires oxygen to burn (it doesn’t)

    • Sabre363
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      181 year ago

      Gunpowder does actually require oxygen to burn, it just happens to bring its own oxygen with it.

      • janus2
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        11 year ago

        That’s what I assumed, but why ass-ume when I live in the information age 😁

    • @expatriado@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      if it needed oxygen from the air it would have to breathe, the explosion happens inside the barrel before it mixes with the atmosphere