Boob Bombers

[RobertScorpio]

Boob Bombers

This is a link to a news story about the worry that some women terrorist are being fitted with breat implants that can....explode with bombs. Didn't Austin Powers predict something like this YEARS ago??? Advanced technology indeed.

Rob

 

[All Seeing Eye]

I was discussing with a friend the other day about what terrorists might come up with to try and bypass security. I came up with the idea that they might fake a pregnancy and the fake baby will be explosives.
All they'd need to do is fit a fake stomach on with an internal cavity and have the fake baby floating in it with a fake umbilical cord. The new airport scanners would just see a baby inside a belly and assume they're pregnant.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Boob Bombers

This is a link to a news story about the worry that some women terrorist are being fitted with breat implants that can....explode with bombs. Didn't Austin Powers predict something like this YEARS ago??? Advanced technology indeed.

Rob

I guess other applications could be to release poison gas or other forms of chemical warfare. Imagine, therefore, the irony if one could protect themselves from the effects of such a device... with this:

http://www.ourkitchensink.com/2009/10/29/must-have-of-the-day-bra-mask/

To use the bra-mask, the wearer unsnaps the brassiere from under her shirt, which breaks it in two. Because each cup has hooks on its side, the strap is wrapped around the head and hooked to the cup, which goes over the mouth. Bodnar said an experienced user can don the mask in mere seconds.

The bra-mask could be used during such disasters as fires, terrorist attacks, dust storms or a swine flu outbreak.

Bless the cotton socks of those people at the Annals of Improbable Research.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

The only source for this story so far is WorldNetDaily, which is mainly crap and paranoid fantasies.

People who are determined to do great harm don't need to resort to James Bond shit. You can do the same damage with a broken credit card that you can with a box knife - if you're mean enough.

 

[RobertScorpio]

The only source for this story so far is WorldNetDaily, which is mainly crap and paranoid fantasies.

People who are determined to do great harm don't need to resort to James Bond shit. You can do the same damage with a broken credit card that you can with a box knife - if you're mean enough.

I think setting off a bomb in your underwear qualities as 'james bond shit". So, I beg to differ with you Dennis. The next time I'm on a plane with a woman with triple Ds? I'm changing flights!

Rob

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I think some horny airport screeners concocted this story.

"Um, excuse me ma'am, I'm going to have to inspect you for explosives, uh-huh, uh-huh-huh."

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I think setting off a bomb in your underwear qualities as 'james bond shit".

Yeah, like jumping off a building screaming "Warp 10, Scotty!" qualifies as "Star Trek shit."

What does my example have in common with yours?

Think hard.

Oh yeah...

Neither works.

Security nerds get tied up in knots over silly Rube Goldberg "terror plots" when...to paraphrase Gibson...we go high tech, then they go low. Real low. Box cutters to take over planes.

You allow yourself to believe this is possible just because the novelty of it - and the titillation value, no pun intended - just short-circuits your critical faculties.

There are at three simple things wrong with explosive breast implants as a practical plot, if you'd like to think about it for two minutes. Go on, try.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

Boob Bombers

This is a link to a news story about the worry that some women terrorist are being fitted with breat implants that can....explode with bombs. Didn't Austin Powers predict something like this YEARS ago??? Advanced technology indeed.

Rob

Right. Muslim terrorists, with all their insane taboos about morality and chastity, are going to get their women to voluntarily undergo a medical procedure by male doctors to insert explosives into their tits.

My infinite improbability drive just blew a fuse.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

The only source for this story so far is WorldNetDaily, which is mainly crap and paranoid fantasies.

People who are determined to do great harm don't need to resort to James Bond shit. You can do the same damage with a broken credit card that you can with a box knife - if you're mean enough.

I think setting off a bomb in your underwear qualities as 'james bond shit"

Only if it works.

If, on the other hand, you wind up with third degree burns and a shattered testicle, it qualifies as "dumbass."

 

[RobertScorpio]

The only source for this story so far is WorldNetDaily, which is mainly crap and paranoid fantasies.

People who are determined to do great harm don't need to resort to James Bond shit. You can do the same damage with a broken credit card that you can with a box knife - if you're mean enough.

I think setting off a bomb in your underwear qualities as 'james bond shit"

Only if it works.

If, on the other hand, you wind up with third degree burns and a shattered testicle, it qualifies as "dumbass."

Or..it could have worked and we would have never known how they did it. In fact, think of all the recent crashes of planes where this is no 'evident' cause. Exploding underwear/boob bombers show that terrorist can think outside the box; they are not stupid people. To think they are is foolish; and dangerous.

 

[CuttingEdge100]

Personally, I think the odds of this happening are very low, and I think that in most likely-hood the fear of this happening is being exploited by governments who want to use more invasive scanners and such.

If we give into every single fear we'll end up giving up every last ounce of freedom and privacy we currently have.


CuttingEdge100

 

[RobertScorpio]

Personally, I think the odds of this happening are very low, and I think that in most likely-hood the fear of this happening is being exploited by governments who want to use more invasive scanners and such.

If we give into every single fear we'll end up giving up every last ounce of freedom and privacy we currently have.


CuttingEdge100

Well, you go ahead and sit next to dolly parton..not me

Rob

 

[Crazy Eddie]

I think setting off a bomb in your underwear qualities as 'james bond shit"

Only if it works.

If, on the other hand, you wind up with third degree burns and a shattered testicle, it qualifies as "dumbass."

Or..it could have worked and we would have never known how they did it. In fact, think of all the recent crashes of planes where this is no 'evident' cause. Exploding underwear/boob bombers show that terrorist can think outside the box; they are not stupid people. To think they are is foolish; and dangerous.

The thing is, it doesn't take a genius to think of a new and innovative way to hide things. Wearing explosives in your underwear isn't all that clever or imaginative, it's just a very bland combination of terrorism and smuggling.

Which, really, is what I'm getting at with this statement: "bag of explosives" and "working functional bomb powerful enough to destroy the target" are two very different things. Sort of like the first terrorist who gets the idea to walk into an airport and start randomly firing at people in the ticket line; it's a really obvious move that any ten year old could probably think of, but his having failed to procure a working rifle and instead attacking customers with a baseball bat while screaming "Allah akbar" at the top of his lungs puts him in the category of "dumbass."

 

[T'Girl]

I was discussing with a friend the other day about what terrorists might come up with to try and bypass security. I came up with the idea that they might fake a pregnancy and the fake baby will be explosives.
All they'd need to do is fit a fake stomach on with an internal cavity and have the fake baby floating in it with a fake umbilical cord. The new airport scanners would just see a baby inside a belly and assume they're pregnant.

When I read "internal cavity and have the fake baby floating in it with a fake umbilical cord," I thought of a pregnant woman recruited by a terrorist organization, post birth a explosive device would be inserted into the womb, she boards a plane.

How would you detect that?

 

[Crazy Eddie]

I was discussing with a friend the other day about what terrorists might come up with to try and bypass security. I came up with the idea that they might fake a pregnancy and the fake baby will be explosives.
All they'd need to do is fit a fake stomach on with an internal cavity and have the fake baby floating in it with a fake umbilical cord. The new airport scanners would just see a baby inside a belly and assume they're pregnant.

When I read "internal cavity and have the fake baby floating in it with a fake umbilical cord," I thought of a pregnant woman recruited by a terrorist organization, post birth a explosive device would be inserted into the womb, she boards a plane.

How would you detect that?

Your first clue would be the fact that one of your passengers attempted to board a plane in a state of extreme medical distress.

Sort of like how you can tell if one of the passengers is trying to board a plane with a grenade launcher hidden in his anus. Sure, maybe the airport scanner won't notice an eight pound chunk of metal crammed up your ass, but by the time you get to the security desk, the security scanner will be the LAST thing on your mind.

 

[RobertScorpio]

I was discussing with a friend the other day about what terrorists might come up with to try and bypass security. I came up with the idea that they might fake a pregnancy and the fake baby will be explosives.
All they'd need to do is fit a fake stomach on with an internal cavity and have the fake baby floating in it with a fake umbilical cord. The new airport scanners would just see a baby inside a belly and assume they're pregnant.

When I read "internal cavity and have the fake baby floating in it with a fake umbilical cord," I thought of a pregnant woman recruited by a terrorist organization, post birth a explosive device would be inserted into the womb, she boards a plane.

How would you detect that?

Your first clue would be the fact that one of your passengers attempted to board a plane in a state of extreme medical distress.

Sort of like how you can tell if one of the passengers is trying to board a plane with a grenade launcher hidden in his anus. Sure, maybe the airport scanner won't notice an eight pound chunk of metal crammed up your ass, but by the time you get to the security desk, the security scanner will be the LAST thing on your mind.

Hmm..like the terrorist always look like they are up to something...and since we can't profile, that means ALL women who are with child, and looked nervous, could face arrest for being pregnant. Yikes...who wants to do THAT cavity check?

Rob

 

[Crazy Eddie]

When I read "internal cavity and have the fake baby floating in it with a fake umbilical cord," I thought of a pregnant woman recruited by a terrorist organization, post birth a explosive device would be inserted into the womb, she boards a plane.

How would you detect that?

Your first clue would be the fact that one of your passengers attempted to board a plane in a state of extreme medical distress.

Sort of like how you can tell if one of the passengers is trying to board a plane with a grenade launcher hidden in his anus. Sure, maybe the airport scanner won't notice an eight pound chunk of metal crammed up your ass, but by the time you get to the security desk, the security scanner will be the LAST thing on your mind.

Hmm..like the terrorist always look like they are up to something...

He probably won't look like he's "up to something." Actually, he'll probably look like he's walking around with a grenade launcher up his ass.

and since we can't profile

Why do you need profiling to identify a guy with an eight pound hunk of metal up his ass? I should think that would be obvious.

that means ALL women who are with child, and looked nervous, could face arrest for being pregnant.

Well, no, it means all women are with child and appear to be either extremely ill or seriously uncomfortable should be examined by a medical professional before being allowed on the plane. I tend to think that would be better for non-terrorists as well, considering the numerous health hazards of boarding an aircraft during pregnancy.

 

[scotpens]

Maybe boob bombs are an impractical idea, but what about boob GUNS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkGB34S8hCs

If we give into every single fear we'll end up giving up every last ounce of freedom and privacy we currently have.

I don't believe in giving in to hysterical fear and paranoia, but I'd rather be body-scanned before boarding than be forbidden to use the toilet during the last hour of the flight -- a silly measure which won't stop anyone from blowing up a plane. The so-called "naked" images on full-body scanners are about as titillating as Gray's Anatomy (I mean the medical book, not the TV show).

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Or..it could have worked and we would have never known how they did it.

Yeah, and they could have pulled the Moon down out of the sky, too.

Except they can't.

Give it up.

 

[Silvercrest]

Or..it could have worked and we would have never known how they did it. In fact, think of all the recent crashes of planes where this is no 'evident' cause.

Not very good terrorists, then.