The Army is buying 30 tons of powdered sugar...

[Talyn]

....to use in its smoke grenades​

Powdered sugar is a little-known but key ingredient in the chemical reaction that ignites military smoke grenades.

The Army is buying 30 tons of powdered sugar to use in its smoke grenades

The Army is buying 65,000 pounds of powdered sugar, a little-known but key ingredient in military smoke grenades for the battlefield.

taskandpurpose.com

 

[The Night Rider]

So they weren't crazy when they called it goofy grape were they?

 

[Talyn]

In the film "The Martian" the bomb they created to blow the exterior door in the airlock in order to explosively decompress the ship for thrust to slow down used sugar & liquid 02 with a spark with the bomb being wired to an panel on the airlock wall.

 

[yotehtr]

Denzel Washington, in one of The Equalizer movies used powdered sugar and a fan

 

[Skunkhouse]

Very interesting