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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawgdriver View Post
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    Wow. Poor ******s

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    So they set off a very large FAE by accident. Nasty stuff
    "We saw it…. the hussars let loose their horses. God, what power! They ran through the smoke and the sound was like that of a thousand blacksmiths beating with a thousand hammers

    They rush on to the Swedes! They crash into the Swedish riters…. Overwhelm them! They crash into the second regiment - Overwhelmed! Resistance collapses, dissolves, they move forward as easily as if they were parading on a grand boulevard
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    Quote Originally Posted by wayninja View Post
    The only problem I have with the ammonium nitrate theory is that it doesn't detonate (at least to my knowledge) via fire alone. As with most high explosives, detonation requires strong percussion, which is the point of a blasting cap. And again, to my knowledge, blasting caps (about 500 of them) were used to detonate the OKC bomb.
    It does, Texas City 1947 2300 tons blew up in a French freighter that caught on fire.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyBronco View Post
    It does, Texas City 1947 2300 tons blew up in a French freighter that caught on fire.
    My (imperfect) understanding was that a large pressure vessel explosion was the cause of detonation. A large/powerful pressure vessel explosion could certainly substitute for blasting caps.

    But I suppose something similar may have occurred in Beirut.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawgdriver View Post
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    Holy ****, Batman. Wow, that shock wave that hit the people taking the videos really adds new reality to just how bad that was. Those also clearly show a raging fire going before the ammonium nitrate exploded.

    Wow.
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    It was sitting in uncontrollable elements for the past 6 years, making it extremely unstable. Anything could have lite it off, including static discharge.
    "We saw it…. the hussars let loose their horses. God, what power! They ran through the smoke and the sound was like that of a thousand blacksmiths beating with a thousand hammers

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    Quote Originally Posted by elsid13 View Post
    It was sitting in uncontrollable elements for the past 6 years, making it extremely unstable. Anything could have lite it off, including static discharge.
    And with that raging fire, was it a fire to the structure, that then ignited it (based on that video), or something lit off a small explosion, and then the rest detonated.

    Either way, those last videos Hawg posted show how devastating those blasts were.
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    That crater omg...

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    Damn.
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    Absolutely unreal.

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    So, I'm hiring glass techs for a business oppo--no experienced required. PM me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawgdriver View Post
    So, I'm hiring glass techs for a business oppo--no experienced required. PM me.
    You're thinking too small.

    You need to open up a glass manufacturer!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawgdriver View Post
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