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Syria chemical attack evidence may have been destroyed: Hague [View all] Jesus Malverde Aug 2013 OP
Hague is hoping someone will notice him. dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #1
No surprise there... FarPoint Aug 2013 #2
Riiiighht. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #3
Sad thing is, this may be right. n/t AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #4
Not likely. Chemical shells have a different design from normal high explosive. leveymg Aug 2013 #5
Damn scientists. GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #8
One, problem, you also need the same SHELL design in a Chemical Shell happyslug Aug 2013 #9
No. The wall thickness in HE shells is much greater, as shown. The difference is readily apparent leveymg Aug 2013 #10
However, from the outside, the shells look virtually identical. That tells me something leveymg Aug 2013 #11
No trained Artillery would fire such a round happyslug Aug 2013 #13
If someone repainted a chem round to appear to be an HE, would the handler be able to tell? leveymg Aug 2013 #15
You can tell, for each batch has been known to be different happyslug Aug 2013 #16
If someone intentionally wanted to have an artillery unit fire chemical shells by repainting them to leveymg Aug 2013 #17
About one shell, when it does NOT land where it is suppose to. happyslug Aug 2013 #18
What would the effect be on the ability of forward observers to spot random misses at night in the leveymg Aug 2013 #23
Mass Barrage. what are you thinking, WWI?? happyslug Aug 2013 #25
Thanks. This is very useful first-hand info about artillery. It largely confirms what I suspected. leveymg Aug 2013 #27
As to rockets, these would have to a mass firing of rockets happyslug Aug 2013 #26
The rockets that we've seen appear homemade and contain only 1-2 liters of agent leveymg Aug 2013 #28
Sarin is toxic in small amount IF IT GETS INTO THE LUNGS happyslug Aug 2013 #29
No the shell thickness would be less in chemical shells happyslug Aug 2013 #12
That's exactly my point - investigators would be able to see from the larger fragments that chemical leveymg Aug 2013 #14
We know who did it daleo Aug 2013 #6
+1 nt Javaman Aug 2013 #19
Evidence is coming in. Check my post here for links that have details: freshwest Aug 2013 #24
"The absence of evidence..." er, how does that go again? Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #7
anyone who suffocated to death from that 'gas' still has a lung full. test the dead. Sunlei Aug 2013 #20
give the shell pieces to those who lifted dna/finger prints off the boston bombers mess. Sunlei Aug 2013 #21
that's what the rebels are doing. they sent out samples for testing. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #22
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