Sunday, December 11, 2005

Fuel Depot Explosion in the UK. Massive explosion at a major Chevron fuel depot, northwest of London. If this was a terrorist attack (no proof yet), this is a great target according to the rules of system disruption: Buncefield receives gasoline, diesel and other fuels from Total's Lindsey plant about 150 miles away in North Lincolnshire, the nation's fourth-biggest oil refinery. On a normal day a tanker-truck is filled every four minutes at the depot, which also supplies jet fuel by pipeline to Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport. [John Robb's Weblog] Actually this couldn't possibly have been a terrorist attack, because the fuel depot is a legitimate military target. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had a military unit (the Spetznaz) that trained to attack just this kind of target in the event of war. comment () trackback ()  1:31:42 PM

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