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This Is What a Real Bomb Looks Like

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-boom dept.

szczys writes: You see them all the time in movies and TV shows, but is that what an actual bomb looks like? Probably not... here's what a real bomb looks like. This story stems from a millionaire gone bust from gambling addiction who decided to extort riches back from the casino. He built a bomb and got it into the building, then ransomed the organization for $3 million. The FBI documented the mechanisms in great detail — including the 8 independent trigger systems that made it impossible for them to disarm the thing. The design was so nefarious it's still used today as a training tool.

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  1. Re: Silly story... by DaHat · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And thousands of Black men were lynched, but only one resulted in a Supreme Court trial.

    And lynching tends to be bad... are you suggesting otherwise?

    You want a world of equal results? Good luck.

    Of course not, I'm not a progressive.

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  2. Re:Silly story... by bmo · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What, specifically, does "explosive" look like?

    It looks like a lump of "something" - a lump of clay or whatever. It can be anything, but what it absolutely needs is physical mass. You can't get around explosive taking up space and weighing something. There was no lump. There were just wires and standard electronic packages (ICs, discretes) that people who aren't stupid racist crackers recognize as bits of electronics.

    There wasn't even a salute firecracker.

    Being a terrorist doesn't require actually having a bomb, all it takes is pretending. That's why bomb HOAXES are illegal, too.

    The only people pretending that it was a bomb were the school and the police.

    You are both disingenuous and racist.

    Go back to Stormfront.

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    BMO