Tag: BOMB

On New Year's Day, a suicide bombing killed 21 people at a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was quick to accuse foreign groups of orchestrating the attack, while domestic investigators turned their attention to extremist groups within the country. Now, new evidence has emerged to suggest that Al-Qaeda may have at least lain out the groundwork for the plot via ...

Yesterday, Denver police found themselves in the middle of a lengthy standoff with a robot that had threatened to blow up Coors Field. Fortunately for all of humanity, the white, eight-inch 'bot was just a toy. Unfortunately for the 'bot, though, police had no choice but to put it out of its misery. A citizen first noticed the robot yesterday afternoon, and immediately notified local police. ...

So much crazy stuff happens on Election Day that it can sometimes take weeks to properly pick through it all. That's why we're only just getting around to telling you about this doofus who mistook his own Amazon delivery for a bomb. The police, we're sure, were thrilled to help -- just as much as they loved this lady. Put those tax dollars to work, people! ...

A crazed pro-choice pro-life advocate in North Carolina will plead guilty to charges of using Facebook to spread information on how to make and use a bomb. Twenty-six-year-old Justin Carl Moose posted a series of links and instructions for constructing explosive devices to his Facebook page. As the AP reports, Moose also declared himself a "freedom fighter" in one status update, and regularly ...

We would never advocate the making of a phony bomb threat, even to get out of a wedding or other dire situation. But potential pranksters (and inmates) have a new, more visceral way to terrorize in the Quanum RTR Bomb System. The bomb is a 1:6 scale replica that attaches itself to a radio-controlled model airplane, and is released via remote trigger by the user. Upon "detonation," the bomb ...

Only a fool in this era of high-level security would fake a bomb threat, let alone Tweet about it, but that's pretty much what Paul Chambers did last week via Twitter. The Inquirer reports that the 26-year-old UK native was set to the fly to Ireland from the Robin Hood airport in Finningley, South Yorkshire until he realized the airport was closed because of snow. Obviously frustrated -- and ...

As folks have become increasingly concerned with the threat of chemical terrorism, research teams are rushing to develop radiation detectors that are as reliable, compact and inexpensive as possible. Newsweek reports that one group of Purdue University researchers may very well be at the vanguard of these developments, offering inexpensive radiation detectors that fit discreetly inside cell ...

This may sound like a joke, but trust us, it's true. In Sarasota, Florida, streets were closed after a typewriter was reported as a suspicious package. And while many of us may not remember what one of these pre-PC word processors looks like, the senior citizens in Florida should have no excuse. In the spirit of complete disclosure, the typewriter was inside its briefcase-like carrying-case and ...

The U.S. military might has certainly provided the funding for some fascinating and groundbreaking projects over the years. There was of course Project Manhattan that lead to the creation of the A-bomb. The Internet is an offshoot of military research, as is GPS and, of course, there's no shortage of really big bombs. But, it's a very different sort of bomb that's recently been getting some ...

The Cold War supposedly ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but it appears someone forgot to tell the Russians. On September 11th, Russia tested and detonated the new Tu-160, also known as the 'Father of All Bombs' (FOAB). This bomb is, by our calculations, a direct challenge to the United States-built 'Mother of All Bombs' (MOAB). When detonated in 2003, the MOAB was the most ...