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Originally posted by Damocles
@inso, i think you thought i was taking a dig at you and i wasnt really. i wasnt disputing your numbers at all, but you had been talking about weight/time to move them into the building and what i suggested was that you look up the size (physical dimensions) of a 1lb block of tnt to calculate the amount of cubic storage space you'd need for that much ordinance. just thought u might find it interesting is all
Originally posted by Damocles
personally, if i had been tasked with augmenting the aircraft impact of the towers with a way to blow them up and make it look like part of the accident...id have aerosolized some more jet fuel into the HVAC system and turned the whole building into a fuel air bomb.
One can imagine a scenario in which a thermobaric devices were installed at each floor in the service core of each Tower. Each device would listen for a radio signal with a particular signature which would trigger a primary charge, dispersing the aerosol throughout its floor. Then, about five seconds later, a secondary charge would be triggered causing an explosion with overpressures sufficient to shatter the perimeter walls.
One advantage this theory has over most other explosives theories is that it avoids the need to install explosives near the Towers' perimeter columns. The thermobaric devices could have been installed entirely in discreetly accessed portions of the Towers' cores. The number of devices could also be much smaller -- perhaps just one per floor. The devices could have been encased in impact- and heat-resistant containers similar to those used to protect aircraft voice and data recorders, so as to prevent accidental detonation from the aircraft impacts and fires.
'In mid-February in Madrid, the Windsor Tower (see above) burned for over 20 hours, which led to a fire stronger and hotter than that in the WTC, but even the collapses of the Windsor Tower caused by the very strong and long-enduring fire were minimal and limited to the upper floors. If either of the WTC tower had started to collapse because of fires the collapse would have been limited to only a few of the floors and then stopped.'
'... the cores of the towers were not distracted by thousands of powerful cutting charges but by a modern thermonuclear explosive, a small hydrogen bomb ...'
Originally posted by Damocles
heh a .4kg(1lb) block of Tnt (military issue) is 4.5cmx4.5cmx17.8cm or 1 3/4 square by 7 inches long
as to throwing the numbers at ya....heh, outside my area of expertise. in a million years id never have had to know how much tnt it would take to pulverize concrete to 30microns. my job was just to make whatever the concrete was in go away and as un-subtle (and some subtle) ways as possible.
with RE factors always just remember to divide the RE factor for what you are using by the ammount of TnT you calculate for. in other words, use your calculations for how much tnt you need, then take that number divided by the RE factor for what explosive you choose for the job and thats your yeild. (figure 100lbs of TnT, but you want to use C4 so divide 100/1.34 and thats your C4 requirement.
personally, if i had been tasked with augmenting the aircraft impact of the towers with a way to blow them up and make it look like part of the accident...id have aerosolized some more jet fuel into the HVAC system and turned the whole building into a fuel air bomb. then got NIST to say that the fuel that wasnt burned off leaked into the vents and offgassed and blown. may not have brought them down, but it would have been a spectacle
but thats just me.
i still dont think there were any explosives in the towers, conventional or otherwise. but if people want to talk about explosives, and if i have data that helps so that they are at least talking with the right info, then ill offer it.
[edit on 26-10-2006 by Damocles]
Originally posted by Insolubrious
I find it interesting you believe there were no explosives used to collapse the towers, what other factors are there that make you so sure about this?
Originally posted by Damocles
oh but bsb, as to the loss of momentum, dont forget the zip feeds tower in sioux falls SD that started to fall then stopped when the lower supports got stuck. it CAN happen.
Originally posted by Insolubrious
Check out this short video also:
video.google.com...
Notice they compare a real pancaked building against the WTC, huge pillars of concrete remain intact, and the cars that are crushed appear to have no heat damage either.
Originally posted by Blue_Jay33
I don't buy this part of the theory.
And people should stop pushing it, it's too far fetched.
Originally posted by bsbray11
Is this a type of military thermite you've worked with?
(b) The basic ingredient of metallic incen-
dairy fillings is a mixture of powdered aluminum and
powdered iron oxide called thermite (TH1). When ig-
nited, TH1 burns at a temperature of about 4,000F.
Soldier Training Publication
No 21-24-Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks (SMCT)
Pg 4-54
Originally posted by bencalleja
wow wow wow oh MY GOD. i find all of your comments insulting to the people who died in these towers.
Originally posted by bencalleja
wow wow wow oh MY GOD. and yes, bombs were used to bring down the bloody towers, they are called two extremely large passenger jet ravelling at 900 km per hour. i call that a bomb. open up a darstedly physics text book and read it. ben (bsc in applied chemistry, sydney, aust)
Originally posted by Insolubrious
Here is a radio interview i found on another forum related to the topic:
Monday Oct 23 2006 - NutriMedical Report by Dr Bill Deagle MD
"Irrefutable Proof that Micronukes and Thermate were Used to Bring Down World Trade Center Buildings 1,2,6, and 7"
Stream:
mp3.rbnlive.com...
mp3.rbnlive.com...
Download:
mp3.rbnlive.com...
mp3.rbnlive.com...
Thought some folks following this thread might was to check this out.
[edit on 6-11-2006 by Insolubrious]