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MrGone 181 points ago +200 / -19

The video that caught the incoming projectile before the blast forced them to shut down the story.

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StultusPopulusNimis 30 points ago +35 / -5

lol

Chemical bombs don't explode immediately like TNT or Plastique. They have a trigger, usually a small explosive device, and then an acceleration process that can take (depending on construction) several seconds. What is shown in these videos is the result of expanding gases from the initial triggering device. Probably the skylight or air conditioner on the roof, being blown off the roof by the initial triggering device. You can CLEARLY see the projectile going UP.

Then, the reason the smoke trail appears to come back down is because the smoke trail less dense higher up and away from the point of origin. Thus, it dissipates from visibility higher up first as the level of dissipation works back to the point of origin.

But i don't know, maybe it's more entertaining to let our imaginations run wild than consider actual science.

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beta-detector 14 points ago +17 / -3

Similar science was shown when "airliner" hit the Pentagon building... than the whole airplane completely sublimated into the thin air, leaving a laundry basket size of parts behind. It was all "scientifically" explained in the Popular Mechanics magazine. Nothing to see here or there.. move along peasant.

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JoinTheDiscussion -1 points ago +1 / -2

Contrary to belief aluminum burns