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re: Las Vegas Strip shooter targeted aviation fuel tanks, source says
Posted on 10/5/17 at 3:24 pm to GumboPot
Posted on 10/5/17 at 3:24 pm to GumboPot
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And tracer rounds wouldn't ignite jet fuel.
As an ex fueler in the USAF, this gentleman is correct. Jet fuel has a very high flash point. Much like diesel. Matter of fact, when in Germany we pumped JP8 into our diesel tanks. You can put a cigarette out in it. Even a match can be extinguished. Little old bullet wouldn't do a thing.
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 3:28 pm to LSUGrrrl
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What if he'd put tannanite on the containers?
We kinda covered that last night amid suspicions of additional shooters/conspirators.
I posited that the 50lbs Tannerite in the car might have been intended for placement on/near the tanks.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 3:29 pm to LSUGrrrl
edit: I posted on what I thought I remembered about tannerite. I went and redid my research on it and not quite sure what would happen if it was put near the fuel tanks.
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 10/5/17 at 3:57 pm to Sidicous
Sorry. Wasn't in that thread. So, it might have caused a distraction?
Posted on 10/5/17 at 3:58 pm to LSUGrrrl
Sauce is wrong.
Tanks were hit because shooter was spraying bullets.
Tanks were hit because shooter was spraying bullets.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 4:14 pm to LSUGrrrl
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Sorry. Wasn't in that thread. So, it might have caused a distraction?
Should read the "Notable Incidents" section on Wikipedia: Tannerite.
100lbs blew up a dump truck (blast felt 5 miles away), and a Border Patrol Agent started a 46,000 acre brushfire while target shooting (appropriate usage of tannerite).
So 50lbs against or near a fuel storage tank would potentially cause a very fiery explosion.
Posted on 10/6/17 at 9:58 am to Shepherd88
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700 yards with an AR-15 trying to shoot through a fuel tank??... but yet this guy was a mastermind at planning and gun skills?? It’s either or right there bc both of those statements don’t match up to each other.
I think he also had an AR10 which is a .308. That would go 700 yards easily. Not sure how thick the tank walls are tho...
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