Massive Explosion in Beirut

[SQLGeek]

Freakishly, I have a solid alibi. All three planes are down for significant maintenance; ain’t none of them flyable.

Even better. So what did you do? Swap tail numbers? Parachute into a small dirt strip in the mountains under the cover of night and fly a blacked out aircraft?

 

[jordanmills]

No good. Lots of dead people from what I am hearing.

 

[oldag]

Actual cc tv footage from the scene.

 

[no2gates]

Fireworks?? I doubt that. The initial damage and fire may have been, but that one gigantic blast must have been something else.

 

[Mills]

Fireworks?? I doubt that. The initial damage and fire may have been, but that one gigantic blast must have been something else.

ammonium nitrate

 

[Big Green]

Watch how fast the debris hits the car.
https://twitter.com/ConflictsW/status/1290734610385690624?s=20

 

[Mills]

 

[Moonpie]

I don’t think they’ll do that again.

 

[Bozz10mm]

70 dead, over 2,700 injured. More than just fireworks I bet.

 

[vmax]

Visited by Israeli "fireworks inspectors", perhaps?.....

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Massod was the first thing I thought of

 

[candcallen]

Shit happens when you play with shit tons of anfo.

 

[single stack]

Ammonium nitrate is the latest claim.
I can’t help but think that red smoke is an indicator of particular munitions.

 

[Moonpie]

Ammonium nitrate is the latest claim.
I can’t help but think that red smoke is an indicator of particular munitions.

Yep. Military grade stuff.
Probably a sympathetic detonation from general asshattery fire in the small arms ammo storage.

 

[smittyb]

Now saying it started in the fireworks warehouse and detonated 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate.
In the longer videos that show the fire before the explosion, you can see the fireworks going off amidst the smoke.

 

[kbaxter60]

Yep. Military grade stuff.

Would tend to make sense, from the videos I watched.
Today's headline: "Fact-checkers conclude Beirut explosion was not nuclear blast and Lebanon cites ammonium nitrate stored in warehouse as the cause"
...which I found odd. Wonder who asked the question? Is that what a suitcase nuke bang would look like?

 

[smittyb]

From what I understand, military HE would produce black smoke while the red smoke indicates oxides of nitrogen.
Witness all the videos you see of munitions being dropped on target Producing black smoke(and dust).

 

[toddnjoyce]

Watch how fast the debris hits the car.
https://twitter.com/ConflictsW/status/1290734610385690624?s=20

I think that was the glass imploding from the pressure wave. The windshield was destroyed, too.

 

[vmax]

Watching some raw vids coming out of there..damn...
Death count has to be high

 

[Darkpriest667]

I asked my best friend from high school. He was in the EOD for 20 years in the army he recently retired. He also consulted with some of his other counterparts. He said two things.

When asked about the ammonium nitrate theory:

" that would be a large and tightly packed amount of ammonium nitrate to create a concussive shockwave like that"

When reviewing the videos:

"Ok yes this was definitely a detonation seeing it from this video. The shockwave on the ground moves like what is seen from many culvert explosions. This could have been a planned attack."

 

[smittyb]

detonated 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate.

I think that qualifies as large amount