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  2. Sep 11, 2019 · Despite high-profile cases and debunks, the many fantasies around red mercury have remained stubbornly impervious to reality. And now those YouTube videos and online adverts have spread the hoax...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Red_mercuryRed mercury - Wikipedia

    Red mercury is a discredited substance, most likely a hoax perpetrated by con artists who sought to take advantage of gullible buyers on the black market for arms. [1]

  4. Apr 29, 1995 · “RED MERCURY”, a uniquely powerful chemical explosive which has been dismissed by many experts as a myth, could be real, and it could pose a serious threat to the world’s attempts to control...

  5. Jun 5, 2024 · So is red mercury real? Its existence remains unproven and highly disputed, serving as a stark reminder of the complexities and dangers inherent in the shadowy corners of global security and intercontinental intrigue.

  6. Aug 8, 2024 · According to some reports, red mercury is a cherry-red semi-liquid that is produced by irradiating elemental mercury with mercury antimony oxide in a Russian nuclear reactor. Some people think that red mercury is so explosive that it can be used to trigger a fusion reaction in tritium or a deuterium-tritium mixture.

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  7. Aug 8, 2023 · The true nature and composition of red mercury remain elusive if the substance even exists at all. Many modern experts argue that red mercury is nothing more than a fabrication, or an amalgamation of various conspiracy theories.

  8. Feb 4, 2020 · But red mercury is not just a modern Internet hoax, and it's not just an urban legend. It has been discussed at the highest levels of government and the military on both sides of the cold war, and it is its reputation as a unique weapons component that has given red mercury a life of its own.