SSTF to Mildly Interesting • 1 year agoModern blocks of C4 explosive come with the warning “poisonous if eaten” on the packagingimagemessage-square36arrow-up1274arrow-down15
arrow-up1269arrow-down1imageModern blocks of C4 explosive come with the warning “poisonous if eaten” on the packagingSSTF to Mildly Interesting • 1 year agomessage-square36
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 year agoIt’s really not that volatile a substance. You can burn it, even. You need a special device to actually get it to explode.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 year agoWhich is precisely why it’s such an amazing explosive, imagine how happy people must have been to go from explosives that might detonate if you cough near them, to something you can set aflame without worry.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoMakes life in the ammo depot much less stressful.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agofor all that things are terrible nowadays it’s pretty fucking nice to know that ships loaded with explosives aren’t going to level cities again. now if only the same could be said for fertilizer storage
It’s really not that volatile a substance. You can burn it, even.
You need a special device to actually get it to explode.
Which is precisely why it’s such an amazing explosive, imagine how happy people must have been to go from explosives that might detonate if you cough near them, to something you can set aflame without worry.
Makes life in the ammo depot much less stressful.
for all that things are terrible nowadays it’s pretty fucking nice to know that ships loaded with explosives aren’t going to level cities again.
now if only the same could be said for fertilizer storage