04-20-2013, 01:43 PM
Well, it may seem unlikely, but that's what they were. Sideways exploding, pressure cooker bombs. These aren't hard to make, they aren't hard to research. The difference between an upward debris pattern pressure cooker IED, and side pattern pressure cooker IED isn't that much, and a trip to any store that sells different qualities of pressure cookers can give you the materials needed.
Amateurism doesn't factor into the debris pattern of this type of explosive. It's all about the size, thickness, and sealing of the IED. Without getting too technical about it, for a side debris pattern, you are really just making sure that the sides are what fails, instead of the seal on the lid.
Sometimes, it pays to know retired Air Force EOD techs.
At this point, I'm unsure if this is going to be a radical islamic terrorist act.
Amateurism doesn't factor into the debris pattern of this type of explosive. It's all about the size, thickness, and sealing of the IED. Without getting too technical about it, for a side debris pattern, you are really just making sure that the sides are what fails, instead of the seal on the lid.
Sometimes, it pays to know retired Air Force EOD techs.
At this point, I'm unsure if this is going to be a radical islamic terrorist act.
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