A massive explosion has just hit Beirut, Lebanon (video)

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[–]FediNetizen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

5.4kt? You're smoking crack. The Lebanese have confirmed there were 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in that warehouse. Ammonium nitrate has a relative effectiveness of 0.42, which puts an upper limit of the size at about 1.1kt. That's of course assuming a perfect explosion, which this likely wasn't.

Several hours ago someone posted a detailed Reddit thread where they analyzed the footage to estimate the size of the explosion. The most likely value was in the 700-1000 ton range.

[–]bobbobbybob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A leading arabic news source is smoking crack, did you say? Wasn't my estimate.