Binary Explosives in Action

[magmanl337]

I have always been the guy in line at airports thinking to myself, "What is the point of checking shoes for explosives? Why do we have to go through this stupid system of security to make our travel "safer"? If you really wanted to blow a plane up, you could do it without getting caught. What is the point in wasting our time checking everyone and telling them they can't bring deodorant on a plane?"

To my knowledge, I know there are countless ways of making undetectable bombs to bring onto a plane. Not saying I would ever do such a thing, but there are many loop holes in our security systems and this is a very frightening thought. I found this video tonight about a binary explosive that can be hidden anywhere on the body and is virtually undetectable to our current security systems. As for the compound myself, I have no idea what it could be; my guess is sodium azide and red phosphorus. Anyways, onto the video:

<a href='http://www.holylemon.com/BinaryBomb.html' target='_blank'><img src='http://files.holylemon.com/14566JJx/videos/general/thumbs/BinaryExplosive.jpg' border='0' alt='Binary Bomb'><br>Binary Bomb</a>

[trevorjk]

that is incredibly insane.

it actually reminds me of something on mythbusters where they make something of the sorts useing sugar and potassium nitrate. it didnt make a bang but it was pretty much like a flare. although im sure sugar is not used in that experiment

but what is the added sensitizer for? for the heat sensitivity or for the added bang in the explosion?

[Steelrat]

Why do you think they are banning large bottles of liquids on planes now? Precicely because of binary explosives.

And as for shoes, they check them because of the Shoe Bomber. It's been done before, and might be done again.

[Altimas]

Congratulations Mag you are now on the list and under 24 hour observation. Big brother is watching...

[thecavemankevin]

note to self, if i see a guy with a box of pens getting on a plane, alert authorities

[BigEvil]

Amazing and terrifying at the same time.

[grEnAlEins]

Amazing and terrifying at the same time.

That's for sure

[91Foxtrot]

note to self, if i see a guy with a box of pens getting on a plane, alert authorities

Or watermelons...

[Lenny]

Soo... Where can I get this stuff?

By the way, this thread is almost as cool as the LOX thread.

[edweird]

I think I know what this binary is, but dont bother asking I wont tell you. Explosives are my trade, and specific knowledge about them is not something that needs to be spread around on the intarwebs, for the saftey of everyone.

yes it is extremely potent, and used in EOD UXO removal and other Demineing operations.
and
no you cant buy it, so dont even ask.

having actually contributing nothing absolutley wonderful to this thread I leave you with this quote:

"While you are reading this, your enemies are still training" -Magpul website

[Steelrat]

I think I know what this binary is, but dont bother asking I wont tell you. Explosives are my trade, and specific knowledge about them is not something that needs to be spread around on the intarwebs, for the saftey of everyone.

yes it is extremely potent, and used in EOD UXO removal and other Demineing operations.
and
no you cant buy it, so dont even ask.

having actually contributing nothing absolutley wonderful to this thread I leave you with this quote:

"While you are reading this, your enemies are still training" -Magpul website

Well, you can buy binary explosives. Maybe not the ones you are thinking of (I know a bit about explosives myself ) but binary explosives nontheless.

http://www.tannerite.com/

[grEnAlEins]

01000010010011110100111101001101001000000100001001 000001010000100101100100100001

Haha, get it, binary?

[Lenny]

Well, you can buy binary explosives. Maybe not the ones you are thinking of (I know a bit about explosives myself ) but binary explosives nontheless.

http://www.tannerite.com/

I like the little warning at the bottom.

"DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TAKE THESE ON TO AN AIRPLANE!"

[magmanl337]

that is incredibly insane.

it actually reminds me of something on mythbusters where they make something of the sorts useing sugar and potassium nitrate. it didnt make a bang but it was pretty much like a flare. although im sure sugar is not used in that experiment

but what is the added sensitizer for? for the heat sensitivity or for the added bang in the explosion?

Acutally they do use sugar. They use salt peter and sugar to make smoke bombs, which is what they were making on mythbusters.

[magmanl337]

Why do you think they are banning large bottles of liquids on planes now? Precicely because of binary explosives.

And as for shoes, they check them because of the Shoe Bomber. It's been done before, and might be done again.

Yes, and I agree on some parts of checking for these substances. If I remember right, the shoe bomber was atempting to light his shoe, which contained a bomb. Would that kind of bomb even be detectable in x-ray machines? Out in the Denver Airport, they have a machine that shoots a burst of air at the person that goes through it. The machine then processes the airborne materials that come off the person, and it looks to see if there are illegal compounds on the person. This is the kind of system we need in airports. The problem now is how long it takes, it takes around 15-30 seconds to go through it. This would upset a lot of people because a mere 10 people in front of you would mean atleast 5 minutes wait time.

If they could make this type of machine and make it detect faster, then security would be more secure. Using both x-ray machine and these "sniffing machines" would definately make people feel a lot safer during travel.