[Robert_Paulson2]

I wanna know, what those are? The implications are this was also seized... but I cannot track it down... they say the article is in turkish.. but I cannot even find the article... lemme know if you find anything out about these little beauties...

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Plutonium maybe?

[eabinga]

The article where I got this picture from is here: http://www.hurriyetim.com.tr/haber/0,,sid~1@w~2@nvid~179459,00.asp

Anybody understand turkish?

[bonesmccoy]

A freeper said something about Mercury fuses, and I just did a web search... Found this interesting page:

http://isuisse.ifrance.com/emmaf/terhand/4_2.html

Interesting website located in FRANCE (Gee thanks France!)...http://isuisse.ifrance.com/emmaf/indterhand.html...

Mercury Switches

Mercury switches are a switch that uses the fact that mercury metal conducts electricity, as do all metals, but mercury metal is a liquid at room temperatures. A typical mercury switch is a sealed glass tube with two electrodes and a bead of mercury metal. It is sealed because of mercury's nasty habit of giving off brain-damaging vapors. The diagram below may help to explain a mercury switch.

______________
A / \ B
_____wire +______/___________ \
\ ( Hg ) | /
\ _(_Hg_)__|___/
|
|
wire - |
|
|


When the drop of mercury ("Hg" is mercury's atomic symbol) touches both contacts, current flows through the switch. If this particular switch was in its present position, A---B, current would be flowing, since the mercury can touch both contacts in the horizontal position.

If, however, it was in the | position, the drop of mercury would only touch the + contact on the A side. Current, then couldn't flow, since mercury does not reach both contacts when the switch is in the vertical position.

This type of switch is ideal to place by a door. If it were placed in the path of a swinging door in the verticle position, the motion of the door would knock the switch down, if it was held to the ground by a piece if tape. This would tilt the switch into the verticle position, causing the mercury to touch both contacts, allowing current to flow through the mercury, and to the igniter or squib in an explosive device. Imagine opening a door and having it slammed in your face by an explosion.

[Diogenesis]

Thank you.

Here is another update.

===== International Atomic Energy Agency gas centrifuge diagram

This aluminum tubing, which Ritter dismisses, was sent from China thru Jordan to Iraq, and may have been used to enrich uranium

[Cachelot]

I wanna know, what those are?

Vx, Tabun? Geez.

[Travis McGee]

Any ideas on #9 or the rusty steel "youranium" cannister?

[kennyboy509]

These are crappy pictures with little detail.

I believe they are high speed krypton fuses which start the chain of events in nano-seconds before the blast.

Thats my guess.

[js1138]

Biological specimens (see "12 Monkees")