And now an Italian explosives expert is speaking out about the massive blast that he says was likely a military missile warehouse.
Italian Danilo Coppe spoke with Heshmat Alavi about the nature of the Beirut blast.
Coppe believes the red plume is a sign of lithium metal used as a propellant in military missiles.
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Italian explosives expert Danilo Coppe believes an ammo/explosives depot in #Beirut was the epicenter of the massive August 4 blast. The resulting orange cloud further confirms the existence of such a stock at the port.
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“I don't think there was that amount of ammonium nitrate [2,750 tons] in the port of Beirut, or that there was a fireworks depot. Judging from the videos, it seems more like an explosion of an armament warehouse,” Coppe explains.
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Coppe believes the images of the Beirut explosion have left several doubts on the initial official explanation of the blast.
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“I don't believe in the ammonium nitrate theory for several reasons. First, the quantity: 2,700 tons would mean that someone built an Olympic size swimming pool and filled it with that substance,” Coppe says.
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From those photos it seems that it was far less Nitroprill in the warehouse than 2,750 tons. Conditions are typical for bag/bulk material storage in many places in the world. Wouldn't be surprised that for six to seven years there, large quantity disappeared (stolen).
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“The warehouse was over 100 meters long. It is not impossible that it contained those quantities & some documents seem to prove that the material was there for years… there should have been a catalyst, because otherwise it wouldn't all have exploded together,” Coppe adds.
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“And then the ammonium nitrate, when it detonates, generates an unmistakable yellow cloud,” Coppe explains.
In the Beirut blast, we clearly witnessed a brick orange/dark red cloud.
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“Instead from the videos of the explosion, in addition to the white sphere that is seen to widen, which is air condensation by the sea, you can clearly see a brick orange column tending to dark red, typical of the participation of lithium,” Coppe adds.
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Lithium?
“… lithium-metal is the propellant for military missiles. I think there were armaments there,” Coppe adds.
From “High power lithium technology for the military”
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Coppe: “Between the 1st & 2nd blasts, what appears to be fireworks are seen to crackle. Fireworks don't behave like that. They have some explosives & the rest is cardboard/plastic. Upon explosion, they are preceded by whistles, absent in the videos.”
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Coppe: “Ammo makes barrels all the same, like those seen before the great blast. I think there was a 1st blast, which may have started a fire where ammo was stored, which then spread to high explosive contained in rockets or missiles"
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