In theory, one could build a pipe bomb of any size, but a very large one would be very cumbersome to deliver a place without drawing suspicion. The amount of explosive material would have to be tremendous to take out an entire building, even using the C-4 family of explosives. Very impractical.
That's good to know. In movies where it's used the folks never seem to have any trouble getting it. So you can't go into a bomb store and buy some then? Thank you for your reply and Happy Sunday Ele! :)
Hahahahaha! Shut down did they? Bummer for bombers. I'd have thought in this climate with the dippidy doo as prez more and more bomb stores would be opening up. A hot investment. You know like weed stores that are proliferating and making tons and tons and tons of glorious dough? Thank you for your reply Ele! :)
That would be counter-productive since the pipe parts are part of the weaponry.
That would be a pipe-bomb that would be noticed and expensive. I think the exact reason for a pipe bomb in the first place is that it is a cheap weapon.
Plastic explosives are easily hidden and much better for that kind of job.
Not that I am an expert. Don't send the FBI to my house.
Thank you for your reply Sharon and the graphic. It confuses me though. It's super don the idppidy doo who sides with the Russians. Not the FBI. Now of course when dippidy doo is done everyone will side with Russia who is a trumpican. Those who aren't will flee. So far the FBI still has some spine and works independent of the dipstick. How long that will last I don't know. So far so good which infuriates the dipstick.
Thanks for reading that picture. I agree WITH you. It is an old picture I had saved and I had little to choose from under FBI. Nowadays, it makes no sense, but when I saved it, it had a different meaning. Until Mueller proved his mettle and Comey was fired, we really didn't know too much about what the FBI was up to and no one trusted them. UNTIL... Trump, in his insane manner, fires Comey.
I believe that pic was saved by me when we all as a nation did not know who's side the FBI was actually ON. Back when they were investigating Hillary when there was obviously no need.... those times. I realize, Rosie, that the FBI is supposed to be non-partisan, but back when Trump inserted himself into the election process around 2014ish, all his plans to control and own the nation were being put into play by those who would benefit by his being a pawn in power that they could rule. We know all that. But one of the glaringly obvious plays they made, was to nominate Republicans to oversee the FBI investigation into Russia, thinking that Mueller would be a pawn in the game.
So, back then, before we saw what Mueller was actually MADE of, and Rosenstein keeping the process as fair as possible.... we thought the FBI were going to be exactly like Sessions and Flynn and Kelley and the rest of that slime. I think it was a great VERY GREAT thing, that Mueller and Rosenstein actually were Republicans because no one can accuse them of being partisan. Of course, they will lie and try. Trump has tried it and of course his LOCK HER UP base is believing it all. UGH.
Gosh Sharon anyone on a diet needs to post that picture on the fridge. Guaranteed to make you barf or lose your appetite. Whichever comes first! Thank you for your reply. SIGH. Since Mueller and Rosenstein are honorable and professional even though they are Republicans could that also be the case for SCOTUS? I expect nothing from the whiny crybaby liar who just got a seat. But maybe the other Conservatives on the bench will bend a little to offset his being attached to the dippidy doo's hip? I dunno. Anything is possible isn't it? Thank you for your reply!
That is beauteously beautiful Lollipop! I'm all for that. Some folks prefer to fight though. Don't ask me why 'cause I don't have a clue. Some folks just get off on attacking the infidels. Anyone who disagrees with them is an infidel. Thank your reply and Happy Monday! :)
A small amount of Semtex would take out a quite large family home ,more so if it was placed in the center of the ground floor or better still basement if it had one....again the explosion would be greater if all the doors and windows were closed plus the type of pipe the explosive was packed into.....the thicker the walls of the pipe the more it concentrates the blast....:(
I've never heard of Semtex D. Is it that grey clay stuff you see in the movies? Is that its name? Boy it's powerful stuff if a small amount can blow up a large home! What does it do to the bodies inside? Thank you for your informative reply! :)
I believe Semrex was invented by a Czechoslovakian guy called Stanislva Brebera in the late 1950....it's odourless and very powerful and was used I believe in some of the London bombings before I was born .. It harmless like putty I believe and quite stable and dropping it won't make it explode... If you were at home when it went off,there would only be bits and peices left of you...
Every one has explosive material in their homes which you most likely use each and ever day in one form or another....it's just far more difficult to get it to go BANG though...There are more then one as well and most can be easily brought in shops.......:(
I expect bomb makers know what they are D. I've read that things like manure can be used in bombs. I mean what other oddball stuff can be reworked to blow things up? Sheesh. The world is full of landmines. Never know when where you step will be your last! Thank you for the additional info! :)
We used to be able to buy cold packs that used ammonium nitrate. Make a slurry with some diesel fuel and get a detonator. It is what Tim McVeigh used in OK City to destroy the Murrah building.
Fertilizer like phosphorus and another common house hold thing that I'm sure you have at home is enough to make a huge bang...there are other things as well that are far more lethal... Even Nitro Glicerene is not that hard to make .......far far more unstable and more so if it gets to warm....:(
A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED), which uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material.
The primary value of a "pipe" bomb is that all necessary materials needed are easily attainable.
They use "low explosives," the effective power of which are synergized by virtue of the pipe's ability to concentrate pressure and release it suddenly, through failure of the outer casing.
While a pipe bomb of any size may be theoretically possible, there may be practical considerations involving the explosive materials and the ability of the pipe casing to effectively contain the pressure---at which point the pipe would only get in the way by absorbing energy.
(Some of the preceding and all of the following comes from Wikipedia---"Pipe bombs.")
Explosive materials may be categorized by the speed at which they expand.
Materials that detonate (the front of the chemical reaction moves faster through the material than the speed of sound) are said to be "high explosives" and
Materials that deflagrate are said to be "low explosives"
Pipe bombs concentrate pressure and release it suddenly, through failure of the outer casing.
Plastic materials can be used, but metals typically have a much higher bursting strength and so will produce more concussive force. For example, common schedule 40 1-inch (25 mm) wrought steel pipe has a typical working pressure of 1,010 psi (7.0 MPa), and bursting pressure of 8,090 psi (55.8 MPa),[2] though the pipe sealing method can significantly reduce the burst pressure.
The pipe can rupture in different ways, depending on the rate of pressure rise and the ductility of the casing material.
If the pressure rise is slow, the metal can deform until the walls become thin and a hole is formed, causing a loud report from the gas release, but no shrapnel.
A rapid rate of pressure rise will cause the metal to act as a crystal and shatter into fragments, which are pushed outward in all directions by the expanding gases.
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