ALERT: THE HOMS EXPLOSION LOOKS LIKE A LOW-YIELD NUKE (UPDATE 8)

After seeing the video of the explosion in Homs, Syria, and upon noting how the rising fireball continued to glow, I had a look at videos of a high-yield conventional explosion and a low-yield nuclear test explosion.

In a large conventional explosion, the chemical explosive tends to expend its energy near the ground and throw up a dark cloud of dust and spent chemical reactants, as is demonstrated by this explosion during the "Shock and Awe" aerial campaign over Baghdad:


At the 1:23 mark of this video, the high explosive begins to expend its energy at the point of detonation...


And by the 1:26 mark (3 seconds after), the bomb's energy has been expended, and a dark cloud is thrown up...


Now compare that to this video of a 1KT nuclear test explosion:

The detonation occurs at the 0:21 mark, and is followed by a rising cloud that continues to glow as the nuclear material continues its fission. Here is the cloud at the 0:27 mark (6 seconds after the initial blast)...

...and the cloud continues to glow until the 0:32 mark (11 seconds after detonation).


In the Homs explosion, the blast occurs right as the video starts, and here is what the cloud looks like 6 seconds after...

...and it continues to glow until the 0:12 mark (12 seconds after detonation).

So I ask you, does the Homs explosion look more like the conventional explosion in Baghdad or the 1KT nuclear test explosion? My personal take is that it appears to be nuclear, and perhaps in the 5KT range. I see no good reason why a conventional explosion would continue to release energy in that way.

Folks, it appears we might have a nuclear war on our hands.

[Update 1 - Same Day]

Could the announced closure of US embassies on Sunday have anything to do with this blast? Are they anticipating blowback if the public catches on? Are they going to announce what happened over the weekend?

[Update 2 - Same Day]

I just did side-by-side searches on Google News on the terms "Homs explosion" and "embassy closings." The first news reference to the explosion showed up 12 hours ago, and the first reference to the embassy closings appeared 6 hours ago. And now the CBS article linked in Update 1 is reporting that the embassies are closing due to a non-specific Al CIAda threat (the standard BS cover excuse) to embassies in the "Middle East and other Muslim countries."

So far, 14 embassies will close, including "the U.S. embassies in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Afghanistan and Bangladesh." Apparently, they are closing on Sunday because that is the beginning of the work week in those countries. And according to one report I read, the closure might last for a while.

I suspect they are preparing for blowback from the Homs attack, but I hope calm prevails. The Cabalists very much want to get the Middle East war going. It is essential to their plans.

To my Middle East brothers and sisters: if you respond with anger and violence to this intentional provocation, you will be rewarding the Satanists by giving them exactly what they want. They will unleash exponentially more death and destruction upon your nations. Now is the time to hold the calm patience of God in your hearts and minds. And should violence begin, be on guard against false saviors who may appear from the skies.

[Update 3 - 2 August 2013]

For another point of comparison, consider this test detonation of the MOAB, America's largest conventional bomb (with 18,700 pounds of high explosive). The weapon detonates at the 0:43 mark, and by the 0:46 mark (3 seconds after), its energy is expended (no more glowing cloud)...


[Update 4 - 2 August 2013]

Now the State Department has issued a travel alert covering the same nations as the embassy closings, and it extends through the end of August.

[Update 5 - 2 August 2013]

Who is blowing up all the weapons depots, and are they using backpack nukes?
Upon searching YouTube for "arms depot explosion," I'm finding explosions with Homs-like blast characteristics in Russia and Iran. Folks, it's not that easy to blow up an arms depot. The weapons are stored in a compartmentalized fashion to limit damage from any one mistake. To breach that compartmentalization would take an awfully large starter explosion, like that of a backpack nuke.

A version of the man-portable American W54 warhead has yielded a blast as high as 6KT...

...as shown in this test (code-named "Socorro") back in 1958. This W54 was detonated in an air-burst at 1,450 feet, but to destroy an arms depot, it would be detonated near or under the ground. Due to its compact size, it could be delivered by a commando or by any number of rockets or cruise missiles. It is rumored that Israel has an upgraded version of this warhead with dialable yields of up to 40KT.

Has a clandestine tactical nuclear war been taking place for the past few years?

[Update 6 - 2 August 2013]

Looking again at the video of the Homs blast, there is another thing I noted. At the 0:14 mark, you begin to see a growing cloud from a secondary explosion (off to the right of the original blast). And if you look at it closely, you'll notice something...

...It isn't glowing. The first blast cloud glowed for 12 seconds as if there was a sun inside of it (think about that). But the secondary explosion blew like conventional munitions would.

Given this observation and accounts I've heard that the "rebels" were firing "rockets" and scored a "direct hit," my interpretation is as follows: the depot was hit by a rocket or missile carrying a W54-sized nuclear warhead, and the primary explosion from the nuke set off a large, conventional secondary explosion as the targeted munitions blew.

Since it is beyond my ability to go to Homs and do radiation measurements, I cannot definitively conclude that the blast was nuclear. But given everything I've looked at, it seems the most reasonable conclusion.

[Update 7 - 4 August 2013]

Do you believe in coincidence?

On November 9, 2011, Iran's Ahmadinejad Vows Not to Retreat on Nuclear Drive.
Can you think of a particular nation that wouldn't like that?
On November 12, 2011, an Iranian arms depot explodes so forcefully that it is felt 20 kilometers away in Tehran. The video shows the expended mushroom cloud...

...Nuclear mushroom clouds start out reddish brown and glowing, then turn white...

...But without video of the initial blast, it's hard to say if this one might have been nuclear.

On June 17-18, 2013, during the G8 Summit, Russia's Putin blocks the G8 agenda on Syria.
Can you think of a particular nation that wouldn't like that?
On June 18, 2013, a Russian arms depot in Chapayevsk explodes. A fireball rises from the blast that glows for13 seconds after, after which numerous secondary explosions take place. This is what the blast looked like 6 seconds after...


On August 1, 2013, Syrian President Assad lauds his military troops, says they will win in country's conflict.
Can you think of a particular nation that wouldn't like that?
On August 1, 2013, an arms depot in Homs, Syria explodes. A fireball rises from the blast that glows for 12 seconds after.

But if a particular nation were running around setting off backpack nukes, wouldn't the attacked nations be screaming bloody murder? Not necessarily. If they did reveal the truth about the attacks, their populations would demand war, and the nuke-popping attacker would likely set off lots more (you just don't provoke religious lunatics with lots of nukes). One nuke attack would become many. So to give themselves time and latitude to measure their response, they would cover it up.

It is rumored that one particular nation has nukes pre-positioned in key locations around the world, and that they use them to conduct nuclear blackmail.

But I'm sure this is all just coincidence....

[Update 8 - 8 August 2013]

Veterans Today has produced an article on the Homs attack that is accurate about the nuclear strike, but quite odd in another way. If you read the article, it uses language such as...

"Assad's brutal regime"

"This all presented a remarkably delicious possibility of removing the tyrant Assad using all tools available."

"I concluded with him that it is awfully ironic that an inhuman weapon such as nuclear weapons and chemical weapons could be used to promote human rights and freedom in the world."

Basically, they have spun their article to sound pro-Israel and to make the strike seem like it's almost a good thing. This is part of the 40% disinfo policy Gordon Duff has spoken about in the past, and they did it (IMHO) to keep the Mossad from coming after them for posting the truth. At the end of the article, they are tongue-in-cheek about it: "But the Syrian people, or at least who will remain of them after these attacks, deserve to enjoy the same freedoms enjoyed today by Iraqis." 

After posting Update 6, I myself was contacted by a suspicious person who tried to redirect my narrative of the attack in a different direction, but I didn't bite. I've found that when dealing with adversaries, my fear of them is directly proportional to their power over me. So my policy is "tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may."


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Times like these offer each of us a call to courage, and that's a call one should always take.