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Letter: Letter: Blown both ways

Published 29 February 1992

From KEITH HASKELL

Observing the effects of a 50-kilo terrorist bomb which broke some 30
of my embassy’s windows on 11 February, I am sure the answer is ‘out’. The
shattered glass, held together by anti-blast film, was bulging outwards
in every case. Clearly the compression wave of the explosion was less damaging
than the partial vacuum which immediately followed it.

Keith Haskell British Ambassador, Lima, Peru

Issue no. 1810 published 29 February 1992

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