MetaFilter posts tagged with Explosives

"A silly mistake" with explosives on a plane.

ricochet biscuit — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:24:23 -0800

Last weekend, Slovakian border police placed explosive in the bags of a passenger, Stefan Gonda, as he departed for his home in Ireland. The aim was to train dogs to detect explosives but an undetected and unretrieved package of RDX (the base for a number of military explosives) flew with the unaware Mr. Gonda, who was later arrested by police in Dublin under the Offences Against the State Act. Slovakia has since apologized but holds the position that Irish police overreacted. Not everyone agrees. The police official who oversaw the operation. has resigned. In other news, plastic explosives that slipped past bomb-sniffing dogs in France in 2004 have still not turned up. The timeline of events.

Son of a Nigerian banker caught with pants on fire leads to suspicion of Nigerians with trouser related problems

Blasdelb — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:29:52 -0800

This last Christmas Day Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23 year old son of a prominent Nigerian banker attempted to bring down a trans-Atlantic Northwest Airlines flight with an explosive mixture containing PETN, a popular addition to amateur explosives. Then this Sunday a young Nigerian gentleman in intestinal distress caused caused the crew of his flight to alert authorities who detained and quickly released him.

Demolition City!

Eideteker — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:17:04 -0800

Set the charges, and stand well back. No cell phones, please. This is very dangerous work, but it's been a long week for you, hasn't it? You deserve to spend your day working in Demolition City.

Don't try this at home kids.

caddis — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:19:12 -0800

Things that go boom and flash and make pretty colors. DIY fireworks. From the the relatively benign Roman Candle to the fifty foot tall Cremora Fireball. (via Neatorama) previous explosive goodies: Pyroboy, Crump and pyro page

Harvesting Guano

Tube — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:45:39 -0800

Long revered for its value as a fertilizer, and as a raw material for explosives, guano is the dried droppings of various birds and bats. The New York Times has published an excellent account of the Peruvian harvest of this valuable resource including a multimedia slideshow. Guano was superseded by synthetics in the early part of the 20th century, due to the development of the Haber Bosch process, which fixed atmospheric nitrogen. An attempt to harvest bat guano from a Grand Canyon cave in the late 1950’s was beset by technical problems and was ultimately unsuccessful. The remaining structures at the canyon rim are now a tourist attraction.

Green Bombs.

gman — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:55:52 -0800

Kill people AND save the environment!

Someone set up us the bomb

ijoshua — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:32:01 -0800

[ConspiracyFilter] Was the alleged "binary liquid explosives" plot actually plausible, in the sense of being capable of producing "mass murder on an unimaginable scale?"

Explosives for everyone!

Guerilla — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:24:46 -0800

9306 Bombs, Grenades, Torpedoes, Mines, Missiles & Similar Munitions of War now available at the Ukraine outlet mall (free samples too!). Apparently it's just a click away to get just about any type of explosive you could imagine too.

Reframing for dems. (and a cool filter)

Tlogmer — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 05:16:03 -0800

The country music of the atom bomb. Via 3 Quarks Daily

Iraq says 'impossible' explosives taken before regime fall

Postroad — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:18:06 -0800

Iraq says 'impossible' explosives taken before regime fall Bush: wrong before. Wrong again..."A top Iraqi science official said it was impossible that 350 tonnes of high explosives could have been smuggled out of a military site south of Baghdad before the regime fell last year...."

weapons on the loose

jmgorman — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:37:27 -0800

The Coalition's lack of preparation left 380 tons of high explosives unprotected in Iraq. Now it looks like the DoD tried to cover it up. Where is your surprise now? (first one is NYT)

Comments on Bomb Crap

mcgraw — Mon, 03 May 2004 06:56:17 -0800

Advanced methods of bomb detection and investigation. New equipment developed to scan cars and people, such as a parking lot device which quickly bathes the car's trunk in invisible neutrons, a procedure that makes materials inside the trunk emit gamma-rays that would indicate the presence of explosives. Also, a bomb disposal robot which take[s] fingerprints before blowing [a] package up.

hold it right there apollo!

asparagus_berlin — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:40:59 -0800

model rocketry woes. the article mentions a wyoming senator who wants to amend the bill, but the homeland security act is/would put the squeeze on model rocketry, as the fuel of some engines will/would be classified as an explosive. whoa. wonder if the NHRA is gonna follow this. hate to see 'em stop the top fuelers.

Steve_at_Linnwood — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 13:23:49 -0800

The president of a counterterrorism consulting firm has been charged with possessing 2,352 unregistered small military missiles. Investigators also found 4,000 pounds of explosives at High Energy Access Tools (HEAT), an anti-terrorism and police training company that was conducting classes for students from the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. More....

Postroad — Fri, 28 Dec 2001 06:05:28 -0800

Reid (shoe bomber) used Web top buy explosives Or so he has claimed. Who said the Web does not have its important uses? Should such purchases be allowed" Is there now a need for disallowing some items on the Net?