Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
While you may know something about bombs and how to build one I know a great deal about how aircraft are constructed. Between the floor under your feet to the baggage areas is a very short distance. It would take a very small RF output to act as a triggering device.
Quite true. But let me ask you, how much RF energy is floating around the average airport, or even the average neighborhood? Without paying detailed attention to shielding and frequency isolation, possible harmonic interference, and an entire host of other RF related issues, one is likely to be the center point in a premature detonation of a poorly constructed device.
If a person is willing to blow themselves up I really don't think they would be overly concerned about a premature explosion if it happened. But that does bring up an excellent point.
Oh, you could not be more wrong. If they are going to take the time to build the things then they are going to make every effort to get it to the target. If they only want to blow themselves up they could take it to some open field and have at it.
These types of bombs are to unstable to check yet are not if in carry-on baggage?
Most people pack things in their carry-on’s that they think to fragile or important to pack in their checked baggage. If I were a bomber, I would want the thing close to me.
No one said building bombs is a safe job. But I do think the people who would do so have enough training to do so and have detonation at a time of their choosing.
Those that have survived their first attempts, maybe. Otherwise, well that’s the reason we have BAO’s and bomb squads. TSO’s are trained, one of the most often trained agencies in government service, and all bombs must have certain common components or they are not bombs. And we
still have experts available to us when we have questions or are uncertain.