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

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[–]bobbobbybob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

your guesstimate is invalid. We can achieve massive explosions with conventional explosives. We just can't deliver them to a target efficiently. MOAB is the biggest we've seen recently.

Static explosion, though? How many kilotones would you like stacked in that warehouse, sir?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Yes, I know all this. How much have you studied this topic? I'm not talking about how big or strong the explosion is. It's beyond obvious that larger explosions are possible from chemical reactions.

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

However, the amount of energy displayed by that blast front exceeds my guesstimate of what conventional explosives can attain.

the halifax explosion clearly shows your guesstimate is incorrect

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Well, you are demonstrating very well how you're not understanding my statements.

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

you were guestimating that you can't have an explosion that big that was non nuclear? Or did I misunderstand

Maybe it was nuclear, using an advanced tiny warhead next to a massive dump of fertiliser epxlosive for colouring on top (and, i find it hard to imagine the fertiliser all going off so neatly with), but to say that the size of the explosion rules out conventional munitions is incorrect, and halifax proves it.

It would be correct to say that a directed weapon (missle/bomb) is unlikely, due to the size, but one transported on site in a container ship is possible.

But i'm leaning towards nuke now, especially given the tunnels. Hezbollah got discovered and dealt with

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You misunderstood. I'm not talking about the size of it at all. I'm talking about the concentration of energy and its efficiency and also some other things that if you haven't studied the nuclear question in detail, aren't really worth mentioning.

There are videos showing the missile that was used.