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PEPCON Explosion PEPCON Explosion
Posted by: elementc

Video duration: 124 seconds

PEPCON rocket fuel plant disaster.
The plant manufactured an oxidizer called Ammonium Perchlorate. Ammonium Perchlorate is not in itself a fuel but a key component. It will however explode if heated to a high temperature in a confined space.
Henderson, Nevada
May 4, 1988
04/22/07 : http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=wcmmLvAYq kI

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Dora Cannon Dora Cannon
Posted by: elementc

Video duration: 52 seconds

This is a video without audio of the 800mm German artillery piece named Dora being loaded and fired.

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