Originally Posted by
gsoltso
Shoe bombing is viable, bad luck and basic misunderstanding of weather caused the shoe bomb to fail not the heroic actions of a passenger or FAM (not that dealing him the beat down of his life was not heroic!).
Huh?
It is a viable threat and you can say it isn't til you are blue in the face and it won't matter. I could make a shoe bomb that you would never notice until it blew up or was xrayed, it would take me about 30 minutes. The threat is there, until better testing procedures can be designed or deployed, these are the current steps taken to mitigate the threat.
What about bra bombs and other legitimate 'threats'?
I disagree with your assessment on the ability to transport. The results can be unpredictable, but the opportunity is there. You are ignoring the fact that it doesn't have to be mixed up on the plane, some liquids are stable enough to be transported. Even Nitrocellulose is a possibility because it is reasonably stable.
The ability to premix something and detonate it successfully on the plane, or mix something on board has already been disproved a number of times by expert scientists - none of whom are on government payroll.