Re: Exploding pagers

On 21/09/2024 23:30, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 20:51:47 +0100, Clive Arthur
<clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
 

On 21/09/2024 19:24, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:21:11 +0100, Clive Arthur
<clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:

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I know little of explosives, but were I asked to make something
suitable, I'd drill a hole in some high-explosive, fill it with
gunpowder, embed a filament in the gunpowder and encase the whole thing
in steel.
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Would that work?

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Nope. Gunpowder is insufficiently brisant for this purpose. Nowhere
near in fact.
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So what would happen?

 Nothing.

So, gunpowder igniting in a steel casing would do nothing.  Twat.
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Cheers
Clive