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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by AnarchismIsCool on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @02:01PM (#42568250)
They're pipe bombs so quite low yield. They're typically based on smokeless powder so they're "low explosives" meaning they don't really detonate, they deflagrate at below the speed of sound.
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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by Retric on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @02:40PM (#42568640)
Pipe bombs cover a wide range and can be extremely deadly or basically a dud.

There’s no mention of the guy using smokeless powder just hexamethylene triperoxide diamine which is an actual high explosive.

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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by ImPostingOnHN on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @02:51PM (#42568727)
Some of the bombs shown were labeled ETN [0], likely erythritol tetranitrate [1]

0: https://ktla.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/FBI-pipe...

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythritol_tetranitrate

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