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From: Peter David Boddy <pdboddy@****.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: C-x series explosives
Date: Tue, 28 May 96 12:59:33 EDT
Mike Broadwater writes:
>
> I've got a couple questions about C-4 etc. I'm not a chemist and I don't
> cook explosives, so if I could get a little help, it would be appreciated.
>
> 1). What type of material are plastic explosives. Are they actually
> polymer based or are they something else entirely.
>
> 2). Whatever they are, is the material foamable. In other words, can you
> aerate it instead of keeping it in the clay block that is usually seen?
>
> If anyone wants to know my thinking, it goes like this:
> Can you put plastic explosives in a shaving can under pressure that would
> allow it to be released like normal shaving foam? I don't know, a friend of
> mine talked about it, but I wasn't too sure, so I thought I'd ask you guys.

Let me guess, you have seen (or your friend has) Barb Wire. I think it
can be done, at least in SRII. It might be possible now. The only
advantage that it would have over regular plastique, is that it could pass
a casual search. If it is scanned, it would be definately show up as
explosives. A better choice would be magnesium tape. I think this is
from Cyberpunk, but it can work in SHadowrun. It burns slowly through
things, not like plastique, which is faster and noisier.

Pete


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Peter David Boddy
Carleton University
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