Bullshit, the Halifax explosion of 1917 AFAIK remains the largest non-nuclear explosion ever;
>From http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=feature/week2002/media02/hfxexp, and available elsewhere;
>Although the ships drew apart without much damage, the Mont Blanc was carrying a devil's brew. In its hold there was 2,335 tons of picric acid, 203 tons >of TNT (ie. 400K pounds) and 10 tons of gun cotton. Highly flammable benzene, stored in tins on the deck, began to burn with a flaring blue flame. The >captain and crew of the Mont Blanc promptly took to their lifeboats, while their burning ship drifted toward one of the Halifax piers. On the dock, most >people were not aware that the burning ship was a floating bomb.
This is more illegal aggression looking for a pretext.
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