The Big One by David Murphy

Author:David Murphy
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2006-06-06T20:29:59+00:00

Chapter 23

The next morning, Brad had a brilliant idea, and sat down with Leroy to design a command-detonated anti-vehicle mine. He had several pounds of C-4 and several spare electrical detonators since he only used 1 per mine instead of the recommended 2. He got an idea from the Claymores to build an improvised anti-vehicle mine, and when he told Leroy, he knew it would work.

“Leroy, I’ve got an idea for a command detonated anti-vehicle mine. We’ve got several pounds of C-4 that we really don’t need for anything else, since a couple of turns of Primacord wrapped around the truck of a tree will drop it as well as a chunk of C-4. I saved some electrical detonators and I wired some spare radios to act as detonators.”

“Sounds like a plan - the Iraqis were pretty good with IED’s and I remember some of their designs were pretty primitive, but worked great. What did you have in mind?”

“I was thinking I had a 12x12 sheet metal box, a couple of 1/4" steel plates and a bunch of quart jars full of miscellaneous nuts and bolts. I’m sure I’ve got a big jar of epoxy cement somewhere.”

“I get it, kind of like an oversized Claymore mine, but mounted so the blast goes upward -

Cool!”

“If I use a pound of C-4, that gives us 3 pounds left, plus the Primacord. I imagine just the C-4

would wreck anybody’s day. If we add a plate full of large nuts and bolts on top, that should get the occupants as well. I need to get over to my place as soon as the ash stops, and put this together. Since it’s command-detonated, it will be perfectly safe to drive over, until we decided to detonate it - but that means someone will have to have eyes on the mine to successfully detonate it as a vehicle drives over it.”

Between Leroy and Brad, they sketched out a workable design. Leroy knew from his days in the USMC how a Claymore mine was put together, and based their design on that. They’d have to be careful fitting the lid. The bomb should be waterproof, or at least water resistant to make sure it would fire after being buried for a year or more.

***That same day, near Antelope Valley***

CREEEEEK...GROAN!!!

“What was that?” Ricky yelled at Scoutmaster Andrews.

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“Probably nothing good - I remembered reading something about how much moisture volcanic ash could absorb. That rain shower last night might have overloaded the roof. We need to get out of here right now, and I’ll clean off the roof while you and the rest of the Scouts belay me with 2 ropes.”

They climbed out of the shelter, wearing their bandanas and goggles. Bob could see the roof sagging, and knew that they had to get that roof cleared off right now before it collapsed any further and buried the entrance to their shelter. They quickly tied two ropes to Bob’s waist, and taking a grain shovel, he quickly climbed the extension ladder.

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