Missing Explosives

Educated Guesswork breaks down what those 377 tons of missing Iraqi explosives can do:

• 377 tons is about 5 pounds of high explosive for every single American soldier in Iraq.
• Your industry standard M18 Claymore (with a killing range of 50-100m) contains a pound and a half of C-4. A garden variety Improvised Explosive Device (enough to take out a HumVee) looks to be substantially less than a pound.
• 1 lb/IED, that's 2000 explosions a day for the next year

That's reassuring. But don't worry - it's all OK because it wasn't nucular!