The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952. It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the East River. Its borders are First Avenue on the west, East 42nd Street to the south, East 48th Street on the north and the East River to the east.[2] The term “Turtle Bay” is occasionally used as a metonym for the UN headquarters or for the United Nations as a whole.[3]
Weapon of Choice
TATB, triaminotrinitrobenzene or 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5- trinitrobenzene is an aromatic explosive, based on the basic six-carbonbenzene ring structure with three nitro functional groups (NO2) and three amine (NH2) groups attached, alternating around the ring.
TATB is a powerful explosive (somewhat less powerful than RDX, but more than TNT), but it is extremely insensitive to shock,vibration, fire, or impact. Because it is so difficult to detonate by accident, even under severe conditions, it has become preferred for applications where extreme safety is required, such as the explosives used in nuclear weapons, where accidental detonation during an airplane crash or rocket misfiring would present extreme dangers. All British [1] nuclear warheads, except those where weight is a factor,[citation needed] are believed to use TATB-based explosives for main explosive charges. According to David Albright, South Africa’s nuclear weapons used TATB to increase their safety.[2]
Great target choice.