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This document provides information about the explosive material Semtex including its origins, properties, and dangers. It describes Semtex as a plastic explosive that is stable, malleable, and commonly used by terrorists. Several safety warnings are given about the extreme hazards of manufacturing or working with Semtex or other explosive materials.
This document provides information about the explosive material Semtex including its origins, properties, and dangers. It describes Semtex as a plastic explosive that is stable, malleable, and commonly used by terrorists. Several safety warnings are given about the extreme hazards of manufacturing or working with Semtex or other explosive materials.
This document provides information about the explosive material Semtex including its origins, properties, and dangers. It describes Semtex as a plastic explosive that is stable, malleable, and commonly used by terrorists. Several safety warnings are given about the extreme hazards of manufacturing or working with Semtex or other explosive materials.
Semtex has earned a reputation as the
explosive of choice among tarrorists and in
Hollywood. Terrorists use thie Czecho-
slovakian plastic explosive because their
Eastern Bloc sponsors gave it to them
Hollywood types use it because terrorists
do, and writers and directors believe
Semtex to be a “superexplosive” possessing
extraordinary power unmatched by other
explosives. Knowledgeable terrorists know
Detter.
Semtex is the plastique most widely
used by terrorists around the world. In
what is the first book to focus solely on
Semiex, noted demolitions expert Seymour
Lecker seis the record straight about this
powerful but misrepresented terror
‘weapon. He tells you what it will and won't
do, its strengths and its limitations, and
how it compares with its U.S. counterpart,
C-4, Lecker also details the explosiveness,
materials, manufacturing procedures, stor-
‘age characteristics, dangers, and conditions
of use. Find out the vital facts about
Semtex before you're confronted with a sit-
uation where what you don't know can hurt
‘you. Homemade Semtex is for information
‘purposes only
A PALADIN PRESS BOOK
ISBN 0-87364-617-7
ISBN 0-B7L-137-7
SEYMOUR LECKER
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SEMTEX
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‘The chemicals and processes described in
this book are all extremely dangerous.
Manufacturing Semtex from improvised
materials or removing RDX and PETN from
commercial detonating cord and booster
charges is extremely hazardous and should
not be attempted. Any attempt to handle
these chemicals or perfocm these operations,
except by highly trained and experienced
personnel operating in a professional envi
ronment, more likely than not will lead to
injury or death,
‘The dangers cannot be overemphasized.
This manual is for information purposes
only, Neither the author nor the publisher
assumes any responsibility for the use or
misuse of information contained in this book.
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