[libertyhoundusnr]

The original rumor was that McVeigh was trying to buy hydrazine to supercharge the explosive. This is "rocket" fuel, a hypergolic monopropellant, C2H4, invented back in the 1930's by der Germans. The ammonium nitrate used by McVeigh and company was not up to the strength necessary for a real explosion. Talk with a master blaster, or someone who really knows the math involved and you will soon learn the explosives supposedly used would blow out windows but couldn't possibly have done that much damage to the building from that distance. The jaw flapping about a "shaped charge" is pure BS. McVeigh, or his co-conspirators, had they used this homebrewed superexplosive for a peaceful purpose, would have qualified for a Nobel Prize in physics.
Do the math....

[Rumplemeyer]

(ANFO)Ammonium Nitrate mixed with No. 2 Fuel Oil @ 6% by weight is NOT an explosive, it CANNOT be detenated by a Blasting Cap. It needs a High Order Explosive to initiate it, such as a Cast Booster or Cap Sensitive Powder (40% Gel)

ANFO is used in construction blasting applications because it produces a lot of gas which aids in the breaking of the rock.

ANFO used with a cap sensitive powder is a great cost effective system in the correct type of rock.

The correct calculation of powder is critical to preventing the "Hollywood" effect of shooting, you want to break the rock, not throw it.

I have been involved in the business for 30 years.

[Victor]

"...Talk with a master blaster, or someone who really knows the math involved and you will soon learn the explosives supposedly used would blow out windows but couldn't possibly have done that much damage to the building from that distance....."

What would, in your opinion?

[SFC Chromey]

Do the math....

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...but math is so hard, my head hurts thinking about it!