de basis hiervoor was een ramp die in 1967 bijna een carrier kostte:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_firewikipedia schreef:
Since the Vietnam War, United States Navy and United States Marine Corps GP bombs are distinguished by a thick ablative fire-retardant coating, which is designed to delay any potential accidental explosion in the event of a shipboard fire. Land-based air forces typically do not use such coatings, largely because they add some 30 lb (14 kg) to the weight of the complete weapon.[citation needed] Fire is less a danger in a land-based facility, where the personnel can be evacuated with relative ease, and the building be the only loss. At sea, the crew and munitions share a facility (the ship), and thus are in much more danger of fire reaching munitions (which tend to be more closely packed, due to space limitations). Also, losing a munitions storage building on land is far cheaper than sacrificing an entire naval vessel, even if one could easily evacuate the crew.
Als je verder zoekt isoleert deze laag de bom thermisch door er een extra laag rond te voorzien , zodat de inhoud van de bom zijn cook-off temperatuur niet of veel trager bereikt (temperatuur waarbij de explosieven vanzelf exploderen, en waarbij de omliggende bommen kunnen mee exploderen), zodat de brandweer op het schip meer tijd krijgen om de brand onder controle te krijgen, zonder hun eigen leven nog meer op het spel te zetten...
(The external thermal protection covering on the bombs is a copolymer elastomer thermosetting compound. Externally thermally protected bombs have an alligator skin covering, and are designed primarily for shipboard use. Internally thermally protected bombs are marked as such. zie
http://www.cat-uxo.com/#/mk-82-bomb/4583652935)