TECH-ARCHYBeyond the Pages of The Anarchist Cookbook (Page 4 of 7) 
“DOWN THE ROAD” MISSILE
Ingredients: a can of hair spray or other flammable aerosol, Scotch tape, matches, a BB or pellet gun (BBs are preferable)
This was one of our more suspicious selections because it relies on the unlikely scenario of a BB sparking a match, not to mention precision marksmanship. No one expected it to work as written, and our doubts turned out to be correct.
We bought the shittiest-looking hair spray we could find, assuming that the cheaper varieties would be the most combustible and easiest to penetrate. The first step was to tape about 15 matches to the concave bottom of the can, fanning them out to widen the target area. The directions say nothing about placement, and the idea of just laying it on the ground or a table seemed like a potential shrapnel nightmare. So we duct-taped the can to a skateboard and set up barricades in an attempt to control its trajectory.
Our shooter sat down on a bar stool that was about ten feet behind the rocket and took aim. After a few misses, he nailed the can, and we watched as a 15-foot-long stream of compressed white foam rooster-tailed from the backside and propelled the skateboard forward a few feet. We were disappointed but not surprised.
We quickly taped a second target in place and affixed the matches. This time we lit them beforehand, hoping this would ensure an eyebrow-singeing firestorm. After his line of sight was clear, the gunman popped off a round and punctured the aluminum on the first try. But all that followed was a match-extinguishing geyser of sticky, clear liquid.
After some deliberation, we concluded that the key to success was waiting until all the matches were lit before opening fire. A third can was rigged and our hair-spray sniper took shelter behind a trash can, propping his elbows on top of it for stability. Once the matches were lit, he patiently stared down the sights for about three seconds and squeezed the trigger. A 15-foot blaze of glory shot out the back, slowly forcing the skateboard to lurch across the concrete and the shooter to duck behind the trash can as flames nearly engulfed his face. At last, we had ignition. |
See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Oct 27, 2009 wrote:
ok ive never owned the book and i have done all of thes myself plus some because of rumors and crazy adhd moments...ive moved on to some stuff and i need to make a 4 foot fuse or we will die ha | | Anonymous, on Jun 20, 2009 wrote:
That blogun design was stupid, i made one with a curtain rod, duct tape, and coat hagers, that will put a homemade dart deep into a 2x4 from over 50 feet away. | | Anonymous, on Jun 7, 2009 wrote:
nabasa ko n sa libro yung tungkol s 2 binata na nagpasabog ng cafeteria s school.tsk.yung title nung libro "kids killing kids" d ko lang matandaan kung sino yung author.meron din dw kc ung 2 bata n yon ng cookbook.wala naman akong source kung saan meron ng ganun libro dito..
| | Anonymous, on Jun 7, 2009 wrote:
nakakainis naman.. saan naman ako makakabili ng cookbook na iyan dto s pilipinas...haist, gusto ko din matuto nian..
| | Anonymous, on May 10, 2009 wrote:
The author of the book was the Principal of my school in Tanzania in the eighties... | | Anonymous, on May 8, 2009 wrote:
This shit takes me back. We used to fill them only 3/4 full. Usually cos we’d understimate the huge quantity needed to fill up a tennis ball. Either that or we’d get bored early. Loads more fun though cos you’d have to keep picking it up and chucking it again and again with the risk of losing a few fingers on your go. Russian Roulette style. | | Anonymous, on May 8, 2009 wrote:
i had this semi-mental scrounger mate who washed about twice a year. his flat was a total dose hole and he had a collection of black bags full of garbage and random stuff he refused to through out that he washed when they started to smell too bad. anyay, we made naplam. crumbling a polystyrene into a bottle of Bells whisky full of gasloline whilest getting stoned on buckets and smoking roll up fags. we where too chicken to use all of it, but we did light about 25ml of it and it shot up a flame about 5 foot. it started off hissing and popping then got more and more intense until the flame shot and spat everywhere. it was wild. | | Anonymous, on Apr 29, 2009 wrote:
i would hate to be shot in the neck with a needle from a blow gun. that just seems really painful!! needles freak me out | | Anonymous, on Apr 29, 2009 wrote:
lets just hope this article doesnt get into the hands of some 11 year old kid who was reading his older brothers magazine. it could be an elementary school disaster. | | Anonymous, on Apr 28, 2009 wrote:
this was back in the day when i had a failsafe system on my computer that would erase my entire harddrive in a few seconds or that’s what it was supposed to do anyway. not that the govt was going to bust down my door but it was fun thinking i was in deeper than i really was. | | Anonymous, on Apr 27, 2009 wrote:
Land-lubbers, "The Infamous Jolly Rogers Cookbook" still resides on a few 1.44’s for my 512k Amiga which we unforunatley lost in the doldrums, yaarrr. | | Anonymous, on Apr 26, 2009 wrote:
Hah, I used to use the pay phone/paperclip trick before there were cell phones. | | Anonymous, on Apr 26, 2009 wrote:
2 to 3 foot of pipe, the reason it didnt work well is coz your pipe is about 3inches long... | |
| rabies babies, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
how awesome would it have been if instead of that crazy guy stabbing monica seles he had thrown tennis bombs at her? is it wrong that i wasn’t very taken aback by that? her grunts have always pissed me off. and she’s ugly. | | Anonymous, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
My fav. has to be the tennis ball one. It’s like the old man’s grenade. | | Anonymous, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
I knew it. Born again christians and napalm go hand in hand. Oh and jesus also. | | Anonymous, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
Apparently if you smoke a dried bannana peel it gets you stoned. Tru dat | | Anonymous, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
Anonymous, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
why didnt you guys just do this shit in a fucking alleyway?
Hmm, maybe they didn’t want to go to jail. That’s just a guess though.
| | Anonymous, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
You were making napalm at 8? What, were you the Doogie Howser of guerilla warfare or something? | | Anonymous, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
"Wow, only 38 years out of date on this article. You guys are WITH THE TIMES.
Vice is played the fuck out - if you didn’t know before, here ya go."
Hey putz stick. No one’s ever done an article on this to my knowledge. How does that make it out of date? They’re still floating around on the internet. Did you even read the fucking thing? | | Anonymous, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
Napalm Screen Saver? | | Anonymous, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
Wow, only 38 years out of date on this article. You guys are WITH THE TIMES.
Vice is played the fuck out - if you didn’t know before, here ya go. | | Anonymous, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
why didnt you guys just do this shit in a fucking alleyway? | | Anonymous, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
really? what did you make? shits in your undies? that sounds preeetty crazy. | | Anonymous, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
fuck i think we used to make crazier shit when we were about 8 years old.
you guys need to step up your idiot-game
| | Anonymous, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
next time make sure the landlord’s
away so you can get down to business :) | | Anonymous, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
7gms of nutmeg is a lethal if not tasty dose! better the Yew but not the berries the foliage and even the bark, the berries are not too toxic so too much is needed and discretion is the ’poisoners’ ally OR | |
| Nick Sick, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
I was all about those tennis ball bombs as a kid | | Anonymous, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
We should see how many Molotovs it takes to really blow up a tank (a la GTA). | |
| captain cheesepuff, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
what???? there is a macgyver handbook? i know what i’m asking for for mayday! | | | Next 30 comments > |
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