Andrew Zonenberg on Nostr: I mean, somebody already made a birthday cake on the US munitions list. Tl;dr build ...

I mean, somebody already made a birthday cake on the US munitions list.

Tl;dr build two identical thermobaric explosive devices using ordinary wheat flour as the filler, set one off at a range to confirm it works.

At this point you are now in possession of what is definitely, beyond any doubt, a Defense Article (the second device).

Open it up, pour out the filler into a bowl, add some sugar and eggs and oil and water and such, pour into a bowl, and cook.

Just because you mixed other materials with an ITAR-controlled explosive and heated it doesn't remove it from the USML.

Congratulations, you now need an export license to invite overseas friends to your birthday party.

And the full cake recipe would probably qualify as ITAR controlled technical data as well.