Re: Liquid explosives

John Woodgate <jmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:CBxWcckgSL3EFwj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

In message <Xns981C7AB8833BEjyanikkuanet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dated Fri, 11
Aug 2006, Jim Yanik <jyanik@xxxxxxxxx> writes

Today's Orlando Sentinel said acetone and conc-H2O2,to make TATP.

Now they left another ingredient out. Unless they found a new way of
making TATP, they would have got too much ATP and DATP, both of which
are excessively unstable. Maybe that was what they wanted, but it
doesn't square with setting the stuff off at a specific place so as to
crash on a city.

the terrorists were SUICIDE bombers out to -blow up- the plane;I doubt they
would be concerned about instability once they mixed the chemical ON THE
PLANE.
If it did blow,they accomplished their mission.
"Targeting" would depend on WHEN they mixed the stuff along with
detonation. Getting it all to come together to land on a city would have
been very difficult,anyways.There's more than a few variables.

Also,I did not comment -about- the Sentinel statement,and I have no
knowledge of chemistry or explosives.I just mentioned WHAT they printed.


CNN is still going with the "sports drink" and gel-substance" formula!

Sports drinks are 95%-plus water. It doesn't seem a likely constituent
of an explosive device.

Agreed. I just mentioned it to show CNN's "credibility".


--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Liquid explosives
    ... In message, dated Fri, 11 Aug 2006, Jim Yanik writes ... Now they left another ingredient out. ... Unless they found a new way of making TATP, they would have got too much ATP and DATP, both of which are excessively unstable. ... John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Liquid explosives
    ... Aug 2006, Jim Yanik writes ... Now they left another ingredient out. ... making TATP, they would have got too much ATP and DATP, both of which ... so you're a mind-reader too? ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Liquid explosives
    ... John Woodgate wrote: ... Aug 2006, Jim Yanik writes ... Now they left another ingredient out. ... Unless they found a new way of making TATP, they would have got too much ATP and DATP, both of which are excessively unstable. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)