To: TigerLikesRooster
The entire train was filled with explosives for military purposes and I believe at the time there was a lot of ammonium phosphate fertilizer nearby.
I saw photos of the neighborhood and I believe more than 12 city blocks disappeared from this explosion.
It was an assassination attempt against Kim Jong il, who i believe had been scheduled to pass through that same train station by train.
he changed his plans last minute.
5 posted on
01/24/2018 7:06:50 AM PST by
gaijin
To: gaijin
Surface explosion usually go up and out. This one burrowed a deep hole with a steep slope as if it were directed to the ground.
9 posted on
01/24/2018 7:10:09 AM PST by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: gaijin
There was a residential school near the tracks that was essentially vaporized. Only the outer wall was left. I remember seeing it in satellite imagery taken a couple of days after the explosion.
IIRC, they said there was an LNG train nearby, although that may have been a cover story.
10 posted on
01/24/2018 7:11:05 AM PST by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: gaijin
...more than 12 city blocks disappeared from this explosion."My pizzas were on that train!"
12 posted on
01/24/2018 7:12:19 AM PST by
COBOL2Java
(Arguing with the left is like trying to reason with a crazy bum hearing voices)
To: gaijin
He travels by train. how quaint.
45 posted on
01/24/2018 3:43:57 PM PST by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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