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| India-Pakistan |
| Explosion kills N-technician |
| 2006-02-09 |
 ISLAMABAD — An explosion killed a technician at Pakistan’s main nuclear research facility, an army spokesman said yesterday. The man died while handling explosives on Tuesday at Khan Research Laboratories, near Islamabad, spokesman Maj-Gen. Shuakat Sultan said. There were no other injuries, and no damage to nuclear facilities at the laboratory, he said.“It was a normal conventional explosive that he was handling when the accident happened and he died,” Sultan said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 LOL, the moron was makin a Red Mercury joke. |
| Posted by: Shamu 2006-02-09 19:04 |
| #11 sled meaning an ole lead sled. jingle bells refered to a nice xmas present. Ship, very often I make typos, cryptic comments that could be taken the wrong way. And once or twice i've put pics in the wrong thread. hokay no harm intended. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-02-09 17:07 |
| #10 nice sled. jingle bells. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-02-09 16:34 |
| #9 I'll bet it had someting to do with this. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-02-09 10:06 |
| #8 Oh, so it was a nuclear weapons research facility. O.K. I'm wondering if an "accident" of the nuclear variety could be arranged, then blamed on incompetent technicians. I'm fairly sure the christians in action aren't competent enough to pull it off, but maybe India? As for los alamos, Who Knows what all goes on there. |
| Posted by: N guard 2006-02-09 09:48 |
| #7 Khan Research Laboratories *ahem* I'm afraid its diet folks, in fact a rich shaped charged diet. 1) Leguuuumes V layered at 35 degrees, tamped. 2) Cucumbers sliced [longitudinally] and V layered at 35 degrees, tamped. 3) 3 beeeen mix [proprietary] V layered at 35 degrees, tamped. 4) Stand by and stand back. fire in the h... |
| Posted by: Gourmando 2006-02-09 07:04 |
| #6 NG, a real simple explanation (which is also the limit of my understanding) is, you make a nuclear weapon by using explosives to force together and compress radioactive material such that it is dense enough to reach the critical mass for a runaway nuclear reaction and hence big bang. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-02-09 05:47 |
| #5 Why are there explosives at a nuclear research facility?" I can't answer why, but that is just the way it is. When I have been camping or hiking in Bandelier National Park, which is adjacent to Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, I have heard large explosions coming from the grounds. There are even signs posted at the boundaries warning of hidden explosives (?mines). This doesn't happen real frequently, but the park rangers were quite familiar with the occasional interruptions to the wild scenery. |
| Posted by: Flerert Whese8274 2006-02-09 05:12 |
| #4 Making shaped charges be hard. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-02-09 04:04 |
| #3 Not much of a difference, AzCat. If they can't get at the infidel Zionists or cross-worshippers, then a neighborhood of apostate Shia or Ahmadis will do.... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-02-09 02:15 |
| #2 Over/Under on a future Nuclear bang in paki-land, anyone? Friendly or hostile? |
| Posted by: AzCat 2006-02-09 01:14 |
| #1 Now, the first question that comes to my mind is "Why are there explosives at a nuclear research facility?". My next thought is that red wire-blue wire problem that Hajjis have is not a good thing to to mix with anything nuclear. Over/Under on a future Nuclear bang in paki-land, anyone? |
| Posted by: N guard 2006-02-09 00:46 |
