Esmond Million's Bung Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 @BigTone led me to this, I hadn't heard about it personally. But as I said in reply to Big Tone by my calculations at least enough semtex to initiate more than a dozen 1,000lb bombs. http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/massive-new-ira-bomb-bust-as-6kg-explosive-haul-is-seized-in-city-taxi-35784226.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 To give you some idea of the significance of the find: Just 250g of Semtex could destroy a commercial passenger airplane, as was sadly proven in the case of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie in 1988. The Omagh bomb of 1998 was a 500lb fertiliser bomb with a 500g (1lb) semtex trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Let's not think that security risks to our country are all Islam based. Lets also not think that these people cannot create a problem that points the finger of blame elsewhere and deflects from themselves. They have done in the past to devastating effect. Beware of all our enemies not just the one that appears obvious. ISIS will lay claim to a fart in a lift if they thought it would progress their ideals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 6 hours ago, BigTone said: To give you some idea of the significance of the find: Just 250g of Semtex could destroy a commercial passenger airplane, as was sadly proven in the case of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie in 1988. The Omagh bomb of 1998 was a 500lb fertiliser bomb with a 500g (1lb) semtex trigger. Therefore: 6 kg of the stuff would be... BANG Out Of Order!! (this World , & some of the people in it, is getting more and more FCuked Up by the day... ... the contrast between Ying & Ying has rarely been starker) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Its very worrying especially when you take into account Brexit and the likliehood of border controls between NI and ROI being re-established. IMO the next phase of "the troubles" is just around the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 12 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said: Therefore: 6 kg of the stuff would be... BANG Out Of Order!! Something like but with very real risks to innocent people. Not a laughing matter really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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