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[–] DirtyErnie ago 

Osweda did a mostly-ok write-up on this. Fire and heat made the Iranian warheads do a very low-order deflagration, which was the cloud of brown smoke, and lack of damage compared to China.

If that would have been an actual detonation, there would have been a huge flash, even bigger shockwave, and a black cloud.

Might not agree with some of Osweda's conclusions, but the big picture, someone took out a huge pile of HezB's shit.

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[–] dissembleu [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That is what I am thinking. All the small detonations leading up to the large deflagration lead me to believe it was not ammonia nitrate and that this is a cover up of an illegal explosive stockpile or manufacturing warehouse. The fact that the Lebanese government knows and already has a cover story prepared, along with a backstory from 2014 tells how large and deep the illegal operation was.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/beirut-explosion-was-six-years-making-hit-country-its-knees-n1236019