Terrorists plan to smuggle aircraft bombs inside their bodies

[draco664]

Fertilizer-based explosives? No. They aren't highly toxic, they aren't too sensitive, and the materials for these really aren't as hard to get as you might like to believe.

But you generally need so much of them that it would make a suicide bomber the size of Kate Moss look like a sumo wrestler.

[Nyoibo]

But you generally need so much of them that it would make a suicide bomber the size of Kate Moss look like a sumo wrestler.

Not really, in a contained pressurised area like a plane an explosion doesn't have much place to go, plus you don't need a huge explosion to kill people and even 1 or 2 people dead or even just injured is enough to terrify people, the whole aim of terrorism.

[fireheart17]

Not really, in a contained pressurised area like a plane an explosion doesn't have much place to go, plus you don't need a huge explosion to kill people and even 1 or 2 people dead or even just injured is enough to terrify people, the whole aim of terrorism.

Or if you happen to be Aum Shinrikyo, just trying to bring on the apocalypse is a good enough reason

[crazylegs]

Not really, in a contained pressurised area like a plane an explosion doesn't have much place to go, plus you don't need a huge explosion to kill people and even 1 or 2 people dead or even just injured is enough to terrify people, the whole aim of terrorism.

This is very true - however if a device were to be implanted within a human body considerable amounts of energy would be expended simply on the one person (the bomber).

With the majority of injuries caused by shrapnel (either carried there by the bomber or from the environment where the device is initiated) it would be difficult for them to enact their stated aim - if they were to carry extra 'bits' with them (bolts, nails etc) then these would be detected by traditional means.

[Nyoibo]

Glass or ceramic takes care of metal detectors, if people are determined enough, they will find a way, there's no stopping it and no point denying it, but if you live your life in constant fear of what could possibly maybe happen, terrorism's done its job.