Reply #26: Perhaps

[EstimatedProphet]

I don't doubt the power of the explosives, or that they could slipped in easier because they're not shaped like a time bomb. However, I do doubt the story as it was explained this morning, namely:

Terrorists were planning to bring explosives on board 10 airplanes to blow them up over the Atlantic. They were going to use binary explosives which they would bring on the plane, mix them up by hand, then explode them with an electronic signal.

If they had the means to explode them with an electronic signal, wny not rig a device that would mix them as well by electronic trigger? That way they could pack the components and they would draw even less attention than if they were in a carry-on bag. If these guys are the threat we claim they are, they would have thought of this.