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To: MileHi
Technically, the avgas was just mass, contributing to inertia, to get the planes through the outer wall. Only the dense parts of the planes reliably got all the way through the building, hitting the first wall likely shredded the skin and much of the bodywork.

How can a piece of straw penetrate a telephone pole? Velocity! Impact!

Rods from God act like explosive, so do asteroids, but no "bomb" in those object.

838 posted on 09/11/2019 2:52:36 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
How can a piece of straw penetrate a telephone pole? Velocity! Impact!

Yes, and they had mass. As we saw, the explosion was pretty immediate upon impact. Almost like... a bomb...

844 posted on 09/11/2019 3:18:56 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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