http://silentcoder.co.za/2008/12/how-to-get-a-weapon-or-a-bomb-onto-an-airplane/ A.J. Venter's weblog www.silentcoder.co.za Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://silentcoder.co.za/2008/12/how-to-get-a-weapon-or-a-bomb-onto-an-airplane/comment-page-1/#comment-12646 Adam Zapel Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:52:44 +0000 http://silentcoder.co.za/silentcoder/?p=391#comment-12646 Thanks for the really great info. I found your site while searching through technorati. I will bookmark your site Thanks for the really great info. I found your site while searching through technorati. I will bookmark your site

]]> http://silentcoder.co.za/2008/12/how-to-get-a-weapon-or-a-bomb-onto-an-airplane/comment-page-1/#comment-11009 Aragon Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:08:23 +0000 http://silentcoder.co.za/silentcoder/?p=391#comment-11009 The best is the laptop scrutiny at airports. They make you haul your laptop out of its bag to xray it for bombs, but they don't consider a very explosive component of laptops (and many other electronic devices these days): lithium based batteries. Getting a lithium battery to ignite can be as easy as shorting it out or puncturing it. The reaction is violent enough to cause an explosion if it is in a suitable container. The best is the laptop scrutiny at airports. They make you haul your laptop out of its bag to xray it for bombs, but they don’t consider a very explosive component of laptops (and many other electronic devices these days): lithium based batteries. Getting a lithium battery to ignite can be as easy as shorting it out or puncturing it. The reaction is violent enough to cause an explosion if it is in a suitable container.

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