Posted on 12/19/2005 1:29:57 PM PST by CedarDave
Officials Fret Over Disappearance Of Explosives 150 Pounds Of Explosives Missing From Sandia-Affiliated Company
POSTED: 2:10 pm MST December 19, 2005 UPDATED: 2:17 pm MST December 19, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Officials discovered hundreds of pounds of explosives stolen in Albuquerque on Sunday.
One hundred fifty pounds of c4, 250 pound deta sheet, and 2,000 blasting caps were taken from a Sandia Labs employee's company.
Officials are very concerned about these thefts.
The items were stolen from a facility in Southwest Albuquerque.
Burglars apparently cut through steel bars to get at the goods.
C4 is a plastic explosive.
A deta sheet is another explosive that looks like a rubbery sheet of orange or green paper.
What makes deta sheets especially dangerous is that they can be hidden in books or letters. It cannot be spotted by a metal detector but are used by engineers for detonation.
Blasting caps are devices used to set off explosives.
If you know anything about the disappearance, please call police.
Copyright 2005 by TheNewMexicoChannel.com.
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"Dont worry the Patriot Act will expire soon. The terrorists will be protected and Nancy Pelosi will be in charge."
Good. Given that this breach occurred WITH the Patriot Act, and given that suspicious Muslims still aren't searched prior to boarding planes WITH the Patriot Act and given that our Mexican border is Swiss cheese WITH the Patriot Act...life without it won't be any worse.
employee theft.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/c-41.htm for the more curious.
Slipping it into a package is easy, getting it to go off, not so easy. It takes several bricks (Army issue 1/2 kilo blocks) to blow a truck.
A 150 pounds, a lot of weight, unless several folks are involded, so, not easy to carry....in the trunk of a car - could make quite the mess.
Hopefully the local heat will recover the goods quickly.
Chris Cherry
Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Chris Cherry is an Explosives Systems Design Engineer in the Systems Assessment and Research Center at Sandia National Laboratories. Currently, he is involved in the research and development of specialized explosive systems, explosive entry, shaped charge technology and advanced explosives ordnance disposal (EOD) disablement tools.
Mr. Cherry has invented, designed and patented may EOD and Explosive tools including: the PAN Disrupter (a versatile non-electric shock tube actuated disrupter), the Mineral Water Bottle Disrupter System, the Fast Response Wire Cutter, the Hydra-Jet™, the Sherwood Special™ Projectile, the Magic Cube™, the Large Vehicle Bomb Countermeasures Systems (civilian), and HEAD (military). Mr. Cherry has designed many advanced initiation and explosive breaching systems. He provides advanced training for military personnel as well as local, State and Federal bomb squads, and is the creator of Operation America.
A native of Virginia, and a graduate of Old Dominion University, Mr. Cherry has had a very diverse professional work experience and background. He served in the U.S. Army Special Forces (1970-1972). He was a chemistry and math teacher at Ferguson High School in Newport News, VA, and a chemist/marine chemist for Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News. He was employed by the Department of Defense as a Chemical Engineer/Supervisory Engineer at the NAVAL EOD Technology Center (Indian Head, MD) for the Disablement Branch of the Improvised Nuclear Devices Division.
http://www.columbusfdn.org/homelandsecurity/2004-3.asp
Isn't there someone on this board who know about C4? In the movies, it only takes about a fist-sized chunk to blow a hole in a safe. I believe, in experienced hands, this could make a whole crapload of backpack bombs.
Mt Squantos was EOD I think
Mt? Don't feed his ego! :)
Ironically, Cherry was the Homeland Security Award Columbus Scholar 2004 in the Field of Emergency Response!!
(see my link above)
You beat me to it.....
Reeks of an inside job, doesn't it? 2 places, same vendor/owner?
It was last year. :/
That's what I'm thinking.
I could make a quarter pound of C4 slice through a standard steel building I beam. C4 has an explosive expansion rate greater than 4000 fps. It wouldn't take much for a bus. The bomber's own body becomes shrapnel.
All the KOAT story says it was from a facility in SW ABQ. Do you know if it was in the gang-infested area of the South Valley??
Google says their office is in Four Hills. I think the storage area might be more near the airport.
Not sure. TS and I were just wondering the same thing.
But TS types faster than I do.
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