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To: combjelly who wrote (208818)	10/27/2004 12:21:48 AM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572918

re: Story has it that they are suitable for the triggers in nuclear weapons. that's a bit of stretch, don't you think? My understanding is that both RDX and HMX are available on the market.

To: combjelly who wrote (208818)	10/27/2004 2:00:28 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572918

"Since when conventional explosives are under International Atomic Energy Agency" Story has it that they are suitable for the triggers in nuclear weapons. Now personally, I am aware that the triggering and sequencing of the conventional explosives are very critical if you want to have a nuclear explosion as opposed to a conventional dirty bomb. Gun powder, for example, probably isn't going to cut it. So in a country that is supsected of wanting to manufacture nuclear weapons, explosives with the right characteristics would be of interest to the IAEA. Who cares if they trigger nukes? Those conventional explosives are where the insurgents are getting their ammo. ted