Beirut Explosion

[CS1983]

That would certainly change the narrative, wouldn't it.

[Gman]

I wonder if the grain elevators acted as a deflector, bouncing shock waves back in the direction of the explosion, causing more damage in one direction than another.

I was thinking the same thing, like the principles behind shaped charges.

[CS1983]

where'd BMB's post after mine go?

[BushMasterBoy]

I pulled the post. This is the replacement. Definitely the work of professionals.

[Irving]

Professional military, or video editors?

[BPTactical]

Gonna go with fake

[BushMasterBoy]

One of the earlier versions of FLIR for iPhone? Price has dropped somewhat after the introduction of this technology.
I think Trump was right, it was a bomb. F-35 with a GBU/53 is what I wanted to post when I first heard of this incident. But I had absolutely no proof. The F-35 could be 45 km away and still hit the target.

https://www.flir.com/products/flir-one-gen-3/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-53/B_StormBreaker

[Delfuego]

Professional military, or video editors?

The latter

[CS1983]

If the missile streak wasn't edited in, all they did was put the raw video in an editor and shift colors so certain things would pop more than others. It's the same principle as flipping between white hot, black hot, color, red, green, etc. on FLIR depending on the time of day, ambient temp, what you're viewing, etc.

Based on the direction of the video, it would seem that the missile, if it wasn't edited in, came from the S/SW. One only needs to draw a line to draw a conclusion.

[Ripper]

anyone noticed the two ships docked at the site before and after the explosion? I would have thought they would have shown more damage.