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To: Sub-Driver
680 tonnes of explosives

That is enough explosives to level a small-to-medium sized country.

That is overkill in any type of terrorist attack. Even a the most diehard gun-nut or pyromaniac would say that is so much.

6 posted on 06/22/2003 3:24:31 PM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Paul C. Jesup
That is enough explosives to level a small-to-medium sized country.

Maybe they were going to leave it on the ship and blow it up in a harbor?

8 posted on 06/22/2003 3:26:21 PM PDT by 7 x 77
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To: Paul C. Jesup
Even a the most diehard gun-nut or pyromaniac would say that is so much.

Well, really, it's not THAT much.
And it's probably low grade.
And you'd need detonators to set it off,
almost worthless as far as explosives go.



28 posted on 06/22/2003 4:02:46 PM PDT by tet68 (Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
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To: Paul C. Jesup
680 tonnes of explosives

That is enough explosives to level a small-to-medium sized country.

I believe that shipping tonnage refers to occuppied space and not weight. So there may not be as many explosives as you think.

30 posted on 06/22/2003 4:04:26 PM PDT by Sci Fi Guy
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" Even a the most diehard gun-nut or pyromaniac would say that is so much."

It would take 'till next year to ready it for the 4th, but it would be a blast!

68 posted on 06/22/2003 5:21:47 PM PDT by spunkets
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