I won't defend McVeigh because he was most certainly involved. I would rather hear you defend how an air coupled low velocity explosive managed to shatter some substantial reinforced concrete at a rather good distance. This same blast that crushed concrete did not tear people apart huh? Most of the deathes in the Murrah building were from collapse injuries and there were many survivors in structural pockets. There was a bomb on the street, but it was very much smaller than the official report states. Also, study the pictures from the day of the blast, note the lack of crater, leaves on the trees and mighty aluminum lightpole still standing while that wimpy concrete just exploded.
http://www.okcbombing.org/photogallery/11.jpg
For further fun, let's compare WTC bombing #1 to OKC. Structural columns not so much as scratched, signs still painted on. Concrete floors of parking garage did collapse due to proximity of explosive(right on top of it) and large pressure bearing surface. One floor above and below the bomb were breached by the blast and the rest collapsed with the weight of te falling floors. No loss of structural integrity, minimal casualties and lots of black smoke typical of ANFO. Note that the bomb was much closer to the structure than OKC.
Khobar towers. Better explosive, more of it, inferior construction of target building. Result, big ol' crater, concrete clip on face walls of building blown off, building did not collapse. 19 deathes mostly from blast injuries.
Short story, someone else shoulda joined McVeigh in jail, most likely numerous other people. There was help internal, as in mechanically coupled charges on the columns.
Please don't personally attack me, just come up with an explosives expert that can tell us how one dumb hick with a crude bomb did this. Maybe that same expert can tell us about the tests at Englin AFB where they tried to recreate the blast on 1/4 scale and had to put the bomb inside the structure to achieve even partial collapse. Maybe that same expert can tell us how you direct a charge of crappy explosives in 55gal barrels. And no, adding nitromethane to ANFO does not make the mother of all high explosives. It seems you have access to these experts, maybe they'll enlighten us all.
http://www.okcbombing.org/photogallery/11.jpg
For further fun, let's compare WTC bombing #1 to OKC. Structural columns not so much as scratched, signs still painted on. Concrete floors of parking garage did collapse due to proximity of explosive(right on top of it) and large pressure bearing surface. One floor above and below the bomb were breached by the blast and the rest collapsed with the weight of te falling floors. No loss of structural integrity, minimal casualties and lots of black smoke typical of ANFO. Note that the bomb was much closer to the structure than OKC.
Khobar towers. Better explosive, more of it, inferior construction of target building. Result, big ol' crater, concrete clip on face walls of building blown off, building did not collapse. 19 deathes mostly from blast injuries.
Short story, someone else shoulda joined McVeigh in jail, most likely numerous other people. There was help internal, as in mechanically coupled charges on the columns.
Please don't personally attack me, just come up with an explosives expert that can tell us how one dumb hick with a crude bomb did this. Maybe that same expert can tell us about the tests at Englin AFB where they tried to recreate the blast on 1/4 scale and had to put the bomb inside the structure to achieve even partial collapse. Maybe that same expert can tell us how you direct a charge of crappy explosives in 55gal barrels. And no, adding nitromethane to ANFO does not make the mother of all high explosives. It seems you have access to these experts, maybe they'll enlighten us all.
