Explosion in Lebanon

[NorthDallas40]

I don't think anyone is ruling out some kind of attack. Someone could have taken advantage of 50 tons of free material.

 

[lukeneyland]

Definitely not fireworks. Could be fertilizer I remember something similar happening in West Texas 7 years ago

 

[MG1968]

for the people saying "def not a nuke", how do you know? I know nothing about explosives and you guys seem certain

EMPs accompany nuclear detonations. Had the explosion been nuclear the cell phone videos we’ve seen never would have happened.

 

[GreyWolf1129]

Shockwaves are caused by all kinds of explosives, military grade or even ammonium nitrate ones the Afghans likes to use for IEDs.

You see the "dome". If this was AN, it had a lot of help.

I'm not EOD. Maybe you are. Maybe I'm wrong, but this looked military-grade to me. Fast.

 

[NEO]

Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil mix is used as explosives every day. All that blasting you heard over in Foxland over the last few years, ANFO. AN will explode without mixing with FO but it takes a hot trigger.

You know what those steel buildings across Gallatin RD are?

 

[Electric Orange]

Holy mother of all assassinations!! Lol

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I was like that seems like a bit of overkill.

 

[Orangeburst]

Been on road all day. Holy Toledo. Has Dave’s whereabouts been confirmed?

 

[Electric Orange]

Calling dibs on this for recruiting booms.

Silver linings lol

 

[hog88]

You know what those steel buildings across Gallatin RD are?

One is supposed to be a restaurant I think. But no not really.

 

[RavinDave]

Yep. There’s a difference between fireworks going off (conflagration) and a high yield explosive (detonation). The fuel burn rate and the resulting shock wave speed.

As you probably know you can light Comp C4 on fire and it will just burn. Hit it with a big hammer.... . That’s why we need blasting caps or other precursor charges to set off high yield explosives.

Probably needs a thimbleful of PETN or the like, to detonate a chunk of C4.

 

[UT_Dutchman]

You see the "dome". If this was AN, it had a lot of help.

I'm not EOD. Maybe you are. Maybe I'm wrong, but this looked military-grade to me. Fast.

I'm in the belief you are right about possibly military grade explosives.

Almost 100% positive it wasn't a nuke, with the NDDS we would already know. Unless its being covered up.

 

[Matt2496]

Apparently, 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate was set off.

How?

 

[USMC-TNVOL]

You see the "dome". If this was AN, it had a lot of help.

I'm not EOD. Maybe you are. Maybe I'm wrong, but this looked military-grade to me. Fast.

I’m not. I’ve just seen several different types of explosions. The shape of explosions doesn’t really tell you what the material it’s made of. Color can though.

 

[volfanhill]

Massive warehouse explosion rocks Beirut, causing injuries and widespread damage

So terrorism or horrible accident

 

[NorthDallas40]

Probably needs a thimbleful of PETN or the like, to detonate a chunk of C4.

No idea honestly. I just know it’s relatively stable until it’s shocked. Unlike say nitroglycerin which is looking for an excuse to explode.

 

[Matt2496]

Apparently, 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate was set off.

How?

Also, that would make it a 2.75 kiloton explosion

 

[lawgator1]

Trump says it was a bomb.

Therefore count on it being accidental.

 

[LouderVol]

for the people saying "def not a nuke", how do you know? I know nothing about explosives and you guys seem certain

1. EMP. A nuclear blast would have wiped out all tech anywhere close. Even if not physically destroyed.
2. There is a video from a guy the next building over in this thread. No way anything survives a blast that close.
3. As pointed out. If nuclear there would be radiation burns to go with the injuries.

A mushroom cloud isnt proof of nuclear explosion. It's only indicative of a large explosion.

It could be a dirty bomb, where there is nuclear material present, but the explosion itself isnt nuclear.

 

[LouderVol]

Not necessarily correct since it was a ground level explosion but there would be some electronics knocked out and that would be making the twitterverse by now.

We have video from literally next door. A ground blast would have wiped that out.

 

[Stew Cook]

Trump says it was a bomb.

Therefore count on it being accidental.

Well, if our Intel agencies decide it was an accident, Trump might have to consult his go-to.

 

[Caculator]

Some people found their weapons cache

 

[Stew Cook]

Some people found their weapons cache

Whose weapons cache?

 

[hog88]

We have video from literally next door. A ground blast would have wiped that out.

Yes, I know this. I was just pointing out EMPs are not all equal, the damage they cause is relative to altitude, resistance and kilotons. Someone could have been within a mile of this one and their electronics survive, depending.

 

[RavinDave]

No idea honestly. I just know it’s relatively stable until it’s shocked. Unlike say nitroglycerin which is looking for an excuse to explode.

Some years ago we got a university professor to test some catalyst samples for potential explosivity. She filled a brass cartridge half with PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate) and half with our catalyst sample and detonated, then made a qualitative judgement as to whether the degree of shattering of the brass casing was indicative of more energy release than what the PETN alone would do. Probably her biggest consulting client is the CIA...

 

[hog88]

Well, if our Intel agencies decide it was an accident, Trump might have to consult his go-to.

There are no accidents of this magnitude. There is either intentional or gross incompetence.