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Sam Adams
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Mon Apr 20 21:23:04
You know the one that just tried to run the blockade and one of our burkes had to shoot up it's engine room(that's some pretty badass star trek shit by the way)

Was full of ammonium perchlorate from China.

Lol
jergul
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Mon Apr 20 22:10:31
Trump following his transactional nature. He probably thinks a cargo ship gives him leverage and cards to play.
jergul
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Mon Apr 20 22:12:12
You do realize that Iran can shoot up every single US and Israel affiliated ship stuck in the Persian gulf, right?

Thing is, it does not matter. And neither does the cargo ship. But children like flashing lights and shiny things.
Sam Adams
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Mon Apr 20 22:27:30
Cargo ships don't matter? Then you should have no problem with our blockade.
Sam Adams
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Mon Apr 20 22:28:12
Also I'm not sure you understand what ammonium perchlorate is used for.
TheChildren
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Mon Apr 20 22:43:07
https://ww...it_trump_removed_from_his_own/


u knows nottin. dis, ur country, is 87 dimension chesse while u can barely tie ur own shoe laces

u is kno nottin jon snow
Pillz
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Mon Apr 20 23:31:42
Kuwait has joined iraq in declaring a force majeure
Rugian
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Tue Apr 21 00:11:10
"and one of our burkes had to shoot up it's engine room(that's some pretty badass star trek shit by the way)"

That actually had me thinking of Black Hawk Down lol. "Single shot through the engine block"
jergul
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Tue Apr 21 00:12:27
Dummy, I am quite happy with the blockade. Do you have any idea how much you are making for our pension fund?
Habebe
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Tue Apr 21 01:17:33
I was unfamiliar with ammonium percholate, so I googled it figuring it to be some sort of explosive...not far off.

Its used primarily in rockets.

Ammonium perchlorate (\(\text{NH}_4\text{ClO}_4\)) is a powerful inorganic oxidizer, primarily used as the main oxidizer in solid rocket propellant (APCP) for aerospace and defense applications. It is a white, water-soluble crystal that acts as a core ingredient in composite fuels, often combined with aluminum powder and a binder. It is highly sensitive, with severe explosive hazards if contaminated or heated. 
Sam Adams
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Tue Apr 21 03:53:39
Ammonium perchlorate is fun. I've got a maybe 10 pounds of it lieing around in a secure locker in an outbuilding. Combine with some other materials and it BURNS. You almost want welders glasses to look at it, even in little test strands. Combine it with the exact right other chemicals and a properly dimensioned nozzle and you get a good rocket motor. Obviously such things are not for iranians to have.

"Single shot through the engine block"

Shit that's a shame that was a nice jeep!

Sam Adams
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Tue Apr 21 04:32:59
It is funny that our resident soviet air defense expert didn't know what AP was used for.

Interesting
tumbleweed
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Tue Apr 21 05:05:31
what is your source of info for the cargo?


i see record of a ship seized in 2022 that had lots of ammonium perchlorate, but see nobody identifying what was in this current ship (& no Trump all-caps yelling about it)

(plus falsely claiming that old ship seizure was this ship would be very standard practice amongst social media liars)
Sam Adams
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Tue Apr 21 06:17:01
There's a few sources none of them certain. Sure it could be wrong but a containier ship dumb/desperate enough to go up against an arliegh burke was very likely up to no good.

It's like an innocent person doesn't generally run from an armed cop.

So there's no real reason to doubt this. At worst it's some retarded journalist or bureacratic seb mistaking sodium perchlorate(an ammonium perchlorate precursor) for actual AP.
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