On 04/07/07, Russ Phillips <russ(a)phillipsuk.org> wrote:
I'm far from convinced about that. They *might* have killed a lot
of
people in the terminal, maybe. But, I'm not convinced the gas
canisters would have exploded, even with no intervention.
Um they do just ask the local fire brigade, its a favourite of arsonists
stick one in the middle of a fire the resulting gaseous explosion will spew
an accelerated fireball across the room.
If they did explode, I'm far from convinced that it would go through a
5" concrete wall - explosions have very poor armour-penetrating
performance (except in the special case of HEAT/HESH rounds, which are
far from simple explosions). Consider that a flak jacket (light enough
to be worn) is generally proof against shrapnel, and that's a lot
thinner & lighter than a 5" thick wall.
I've seen a couple of H&S training films where they've demonstrated it but
hey maybe they was Spielberg's movies?
And yes, fires can spread very fast. But, on the other hand, every
airport has fire crews on site, and I don't think it would have
caused
a huge fire. The IRA exploded a 3,300 lb bomb in Manchester in 1996,
which caused a lot of damage, but I don't remember any reports of huge
fires, and I can't find any mention of fires in the reports.
I was living in Woolwich when the IRA bombed there I still remember the
sound when it went off in the pub across the road from the barracks.
There is a difference you know, the Glasgow attempt was not a bomb in the
sense you are thinking of this was just petrol and gas cylinders while there
would have been an explosive sound and some residual percussion damage the
main emphasise was fire. True you have a point regarding the fire services
however as always happens in these types of things you'll probably find they
are geared up for runway stuff rather than terminal buildings which in turn
would/might create a delay giving the fire more chance to take hold.
Oh and I'm not convinced about Al-Qaeda either its easier to just
tell
> people it was them than say "It was the Judean Peoples Popular Front" or
> "The Surrey and Lambeth Ferreters Association".
>
> Al-Qaeda is now the bogey man for 2007 I wonder who it will be in
2008/9?
Well, Al-Qaeda have been around for a long time. I remember them being
implicated in attacks in Clinton's day. But yes, they are a handy
bogeyman.
:-) I remember the likes of Bada Minhoff (Probably spelt wrong) although
they we're not very international.
--
Regards
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