[JustaCowgirl]

If a few lbs of that stuff could blow up an airliner and Iraq had 380 tons, isn't that a weapon of mass destruction if there ever was one?

H*ll, that's way more dangerous than anthrax powder, which has a very difficult dispersal method.

[JessieHelmsJr]

Tony Snow called the hit job on Bush dirty trick.

[U S Army EOD]

HMX if manufactured is usually in a flake form sort of like soap powder. It is used to fill bombs and artillery shells. If they manufactured themselves, then they were going to start a massive rearmament program. It can be used to make IED's also along with RDX.

RDX is usually used in boosters for fuzes and such. It is quite a bit more sensitive to shock than HMX therefore not good as a main filler in an artillery shell since just firing the gun could set off the explosives. HMX is basically what the British used in their shells and bombs instead of TNT. It was the main British high explosive way back when and the technology has been around a long time. I don't think the Brits gave it to them since I don't think they use HMX anymore. It is probably something that got sold on the arms market years ago. Once I had to go to an Italian falcility to see this new triple base powder device that they had installed. This is when I was in a military intel unit. On the side of the press was still Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. The Italians were almost rolling on the floor laughing at me. A standard handgrenade can take down a airplane. You need less the 1/4 pound if it is in the right place.