02-20-2007, 10:11 PM
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/20samblast15.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Explosive-actuated TIDs -- more commonly called firebombs -- work by using a relatively small low-intensity explosive charge to ignite a more volatile flammable material. This results in an intense, rapidly spreading fire that quickly can engulf a confined space such as a rail car, subway car or airplane. In this case, Indian forensic experts described the devices as being composed of sulfur, potassium nitrate and kerosene. Sulfur, potassium nitrate and charcoal are the chemical components of a black powder, which is easily ignited. The black powder, then, appears to have functioned as the explosive, which tore through plastic bottles containing kerosene and ignited the fuel. The process likely involved the use of commercially available chemical pencil timers -- pencil-shaped casings that contain a vial of acid and safety wire. Once the vial is broken, the acid eats through the wire, which then releases a spring-loaded firing pin and activates the igniter, which in this case probably was a pipe bomb filled with the black powder. The time delay of the device can be varied from a few minutes to an entire day, depending on the diameter of the wire used<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Idiotic prediction..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It portends similar attacks against India's highly vulnerable mass transit system by terrorists out to destroy any progress toward peace between India and Pakistan.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If people think this will be limited to Indian soil they are fooling themselves. Its coming to a neighborhood near them.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Explosive-actuated TIDs -- more commonly called firebombs -- work by using a relatively small low-intensity explosive charge to ignite a more volatile flammable material. This results in an intense, rapidly spreading fire that quickly can engulf a confined space such as a rail car, subway car or airplane. In this case, Indian forensic experts described the devices as being composed of sulfur, potassium nitrate and kerosene. Sulfur, potassium nitrate and charcoal are the chemical components of a black powder, which is easily ignited. The black powder, then, appears to have functioned as the explosive, which tore through plastic bottles containing kerosene and ignited the fuel. The process likely involved the use of commercially available chemical pencil timers -- pencil-shaped casings that contain a vial of acid and safety wire. Once the vial is broken, the acid eats through the wire, which then releases a spring-loaded firing pin and activates the igniter, which in this case probably was a pipe bomb filled with the black powder. The time delay of the device can be varied from a few minutes to an entire day, depending on the diameter of the wire used<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Idiotic prediction..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It portends similar attacks against India's highly vulnerable mass transit system by terrorists out to destroy any progress toward peace between India and Pakistan.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If people think this will be limited to Indian soil they are fooling themselves. Its coming to a neighborhood near them.