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2006-08-11 Home Front: WoT

Colby Cosh: an actual model of the credible threat please?

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Posted by Mike 2006-08-11 12:27|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interesting article. Here's a question in relation to this part:
So you tell me: we're talking about maybe 200 or 300 mL of an explosive that's not under serious compression, and that isn't quite TNT-equivalent even when it's not in liquid suspension?

Would that much be enough to blow open the reinforced cockpit door?

Posted by eLarson 2006-08-11 14:12|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-08-11 14:12|| Front Page Top

#2 PanAm 103 (747) was blown out of the sky with 300 grams (11 ounces) of semtex. The shoe bomber had 3-6 ounces of TATP and PETN in his shoes. The video where the feds blew up the exposives in a plane on the ground showed it was enough explosives to destroy the plane.

Posted by ed 2006-08-11 22:17|| 2006-08-11 22:17|| Front Page Top

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