The anti terrorist squad, in the early 90s,
or whatever the feck they were called back then, kindly demonstrated to us the correct way to knock up a budget improvised incendiary device or bomb.
I had no idea it was so easy until they showed us detailed pictures and a video of two such devices.

See, we'd had a number of animal rights nutters sending tubebombs in the post and blowing up a truck or 2. The successful destruction of property and near maiming of a member of staff had them worried enough to come and brief us on what to look for.

I'm not going into details, it's probably all out there for wannabe terrorists anyway but having seen this instruction video I had to have a go myself.

For anyone (un)familiar with explosives, the trick is to delay the big bang until you are safely out of harms way; simple.
A fuse then is the order of the day, and armed with my new knowledge of fuse making I set about creating my first test explosion.

The contents of the mini bomb were prepared in the kitchen sink ( again, look it up, I'm not gonna help here) and the lot carried out into the garden.

All I can say is the fuse was a tad quick. The concussion completely deafened me for two days and my favourite nylon jacket was burned to a crisp on the back as I ran away.

Cool hole though.

Oh and the bomb disposal team came and blew up a VHS cassette that arrived in the post. I think it was Mrs Doubtfire.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 18:12, Reply)