That’s most usable explosives from my limited understanding. A small primary explosive charge setting off a more stable bulk explosive, whether that be ANFO or C4 or something else.
He may have already had dynamite, but not a Uhaul full of dynamite. Which would have been difficult and quite dangerous I imagine.
The same losers come by gun stores and ask how to convert their AR-15s into machine guns. Actual police work is difficult I guess, so they go on these fishing expeditions.
Yes, that’s how it goes. But ammonium nitrate/ANFO (the fuel oil/diesel is mixed with it in order to sensitize it marginally, or rather to give a medium for the initiating shockwave to propagate through) has the extra special distinction of not being brisant enough to be self-propagating. Unlike dynamite, TNT, RDX/C4, etc., you need to have an initiator big enough to encapsulate your entire ammonium nitrate payload in a shockwave that’s powerful enough to set it off. That’s pretty tough for a home gamer to do.
That’s most usable explosives from my limited understanding. A small primary explosive charge setting off a more stable bulk explosive, whether that be ANFO or C4 or something else.
He may have already had dynamite, but not a Uhaul full of dynamite. Which would have been difficult and quite dangerous I imagine.
The same losers come by gun stores and ask how to convert their AR-15s into machine guns. Actual police work is difficult I guess, so they go on these fishing expeditions.
Yes, that’s how it goes. But ammonium nitrate/ANFO (the fuel oil/diesel is mixed with it in order to sensitize it marginally, or rather to give a medium for the initiating shockwave to propagate through) has the extra special distinction of not being brisant enough to be self-propagating. Unlike dynamite, TNT, RDX/C4, etc., you need to have an initiator big enough to encapsulate your entire ammonium nitrate payload in a shockwave that’s powerful enough to set it off. That’s pretty tough for a home gamer to do.