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In reply to the discussion: 'War crime': U.N. finds sarin used in Syria chemical weapons attack [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 17, 2013, 08:02 AM - Edit history (1)
and I think he's embellishing. I have my own eyes and fabrication experience, and can tell by looking at those things that they aren't exactly defense plant products, not even Russian or Chinese or Turkish or Iranian. They were made in a small metal fabrication shop with only medium sophisticated tooling and equipment. The not bad welds and clean stamping and once-over smoothing of edges me tell that there's some skill, but not the very best in Syria.
The big shiny red Mercedes transporter that brought the test rockets to the late Spring roll-out at the military air field looked like it was the best one left in Syria, though, and those prototypes tended to by the man in the white shirt and his helpers in blue and red shirts were probably the best left in Syria, if indeed they aren't a sales team from a neighboring state.
Nothing that couldn't be easily reproduced in very short order, if one wanted to do a little frame-up job. Same thing for 45 liters of Sarin, which is after all only concentrated insecticide.
I'm just rambling . . .