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Making TATP is fairly easy and all the precursor ingredients can be easily bought and they are often unregulated at all and untracked unless you are looking to
by dogma1138 4y ago
Making TATP is fairly easy and all the precursor ingredients can be easily bought and they are often unregulated at all and untracked unless you are looking to make a bomb big enough to level a few city blocks.
- missedthecue 4y agoTATP is so unstable, that even though it is chemically speaking relatively straightforward to create, it is actually quite difficult to produce while staying alive/in one piece. It is sensitive to temperature variations, high temperatures, ANY open flame, ANY friction (rubbing your fingers together is more than enough), ANY shock, such as failing to set down a container, dish, or vial slowly enough, and having a small static charge in your body will also set it off. Because of this, TATP actually has no current industrial or military application.
- harperlee 4y agoYes but that’s also because industry and military do have access to better explosives. Terrorists and ATM thieves seem to actually resort to this method due to its ease, says my 2-minute google search, with (mixed) success.
- dogma1138 4y agoTATP also has another advantage as its not a nitrate based explosive it cannot be easily detected using field kits.