Chlorine bomb
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A chlorine bomb is a small-scale explosive device using the pressure of chemically produced chlorine
gas to produce an explosion. It is made with an airtight container part-filled with rubbing alcohol or similar solvent. When a chlorine tablet is added, it produces an expansive pressure increase, shattering the container.
Popularized in The Anarchist Cookbook
and The Terrorist Handbook, such a bomb is a more dangerous alternative to a dry ice bomb
, but likewise generally made by teenagers for recreational use rather than with any intent to harm. However exposure to chlorine and the reactive substances used can cause respiratory problems from inhalation and also cause injury to mucous membranes, similar to tear gas. Most injuries relating to these devices involve bruised hands, blinding and other eye injuries - generally to the bomb makers themselves..
Pastor's Terrorism and Public Safety Policing outlines how Cprogram is emphasizing lessons learned in Iraq regarding chlorine bomb use on American soldiers. This exposure has provided Western police departments like the NYPD with incentive to amend current policing models from Community Policing to a Public Safety Policing model that emphasizes risk aversion via public/private policing partnerships through metropolitan arenas. Moreover, the chlorine bomb and other weapons systems in its class achieve this because they are easy to manufacture and thus represent a more fluid weapons delivery model for domestic and international terrorists.
Chlorine
Chlorine is the chemical element with atomic number 17 and symbol Cl. It is the second lightest halogen, found in the periodic table in group 17. The element forms diatomic molecules under standard conditions, called dichlorine...
gas to produce an explosion. It is made with an airtight container part-filled with rubbing alcohol or similar solvent. When a chlorine tablet is added, it produces an expansive pressure increase, shattering the container.
Popularized in The Anarchist Cookbook
The Anarchist Cookbook
The Anarchist Cookbook, first published in 1971, is a book that contains instructions for the manufacture of explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices, and other items...
and The Terrorist Handbook, such a bomb is a more dangerous alternative to a dry ice bomb
Dry ice bomb
A dry ice bomb is a simple bomb-like device. While the simplicity and ease of construction, high bursting pressure, and sound make this dry ice activity appealing for recreational purposes, it can be unpredictable and dangerous, and has led to many injuries - and dry ice bombs are illegal in many...
, but likewise generally made by teenagers for recreational use rather than with any intent to harm. However exposure to chlorine and the reactive substances used can cause respiratory problems from inhalation and also cause injury to mucous membranes, similar to tear gas. Most injuries relating to these devices involve bruised hands, blinding and other eye injuries - generally to the bomb makers themselves..
Pastor's Terrorism and Public Safety Policing outlines how Cprogram is emphasizing lessons learned in Iraq regarding chlorine bomb use on American soldiers. This exposure has provided Western police departments like the NYPD with incentive to amend current policing models from Community Policing to a Public Safety Policing model that emphasizes risk aversion via public/private policing partnerships through metropolitan arenas. Moreover, the chlorine bomb and other weapons systems in its class achieve this because they are easy to manufacture and thus represent a more fluid weapons delivery model for domestic and international terrorists.