I've never played with the stuff directly but its a military explosive, about as volatile and explosive as nitroglycerin. From what I remember reading, its a bit difficult to detonate however. This is about the 5th attempt that AQ has used this type of suicide bomb, with only one success. Should we consider ourselves lucky so far?
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Ian Skinner <h...@ilsweb.com> wrote: > > On 12/31/2009 11:55 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: >> Not sure what news you watch, but Fox, MSNBC, CNN and the BBC all >> reported that the guy did not employ the device properly, which then >> allowed fast acting people to detain him. The attack was never thwarted >> by anyone. He was merely detained because he did not succeed in his >> mission due to to improper implementation of the device. >> > > I'm curious has anybody explained how much damage this device could have > caused if it had successfully detonated? I'm a little curious if enough > explosive could be packed into one's undergarments to 100% bring down > the plane. I'm remembering the Hawaii Air flight of several years ago > that successfully landed with over Twelve feet of the cabin roof missing. > > But I recognize that an explosion inside the cabin is a very different > thing and that I have little actual knowledge of how that would affect > the structure of a modern airliner. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309893 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
