Posted on 07/26/2019 5:59:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The agents, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Timothy Luper and Special Agent Brian Joy, were assisting the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office with an investigation on July 26 and were attempting to melt down bomb-making materials found at the scene when the explosion happened, the North Carolina SBI said in a news release.
The investigation began the day before when the Sampson County Sheriff Office’s Criminal Interdiction Team pulled a vehicle over for speeding, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies conducted a probable cause search on the vehicle after a canine detected an odor of narcotics and found “what appeared to be an explosive device” in the passenger area of the vehicle, the sheriff’s office said. After deputies contacted the SBI and Sampson County Emergency Services, the device was confirmed to be an explosive device and was disposed of by the SBI Bomb Squad, according to the sheriff’s office.
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“...melt down bomb-making materials...”
Never heard of that procedure before.
Hey Gomer, hand me a match...
Me neither. Apparently it doesn’t work all that well...
These two FBI agents now suspended with out pay; found to be (NOT) working on Trump impeachment ...
Maybe ... melting powdered aluminum back to a solid?
Why not just move the components into the bomb truck’s cylinder, and detonate it safely? Just wondering.
Ha! As a joke...one time when my buddy had a fuel leak in his plane (avgas is blue) I went to help him find it. I held out a flashlight and a lighter and asked “you wanna look the smart way or the dumb way? “
What did they use, a blow torch?
Watch the BBC series “Danger UXB” about a bomb squad in London in WW2.
Several times they would try and steam out the explosive from a bomb when it’s in a location that can’t move it from.
I always exceed the speed limit when I’m carrying a bomb in the car.
Hence your screen name...
LOL
I watched it and enjoyed it.
A penny for your thoughts.
Lots of Euro cities, even ones we would consider quite small, have serious bomb squads. UXO from all their wars shows up all the time when excavating for construction, plowing fields, etc.
A,great series.
They wanted to change the form, eg. Liquid to a solid (to reduce and remove liquid) or granular to combined solid to remove air space between the grain or powder.
Think Sawdust or Grain Silo Dust with the correct Air (O2) mixture and BOOM !!! No more Woodshop or a huge BBQ of Grain Storage Worshipping Cows.
Or they just Failed Chemistry Class.
Maybe We should check in with an Expert.
Beat Me to it.
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