2. You can find timers / remote control receivers WAY smaller than whatever that white box is. A proper timer would best be stored inside the pipe, making it fully encapsulated. That thing is just silly looking.
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(THREAD) A few observations from a former bomb disposal officer (i.e. Me): 1. Proper pipe bombs don't have wires connected to both ends. That's dumb.
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4. "Hoax Devices" are FAR more common than real ones. In which case, we should ask ourselves what the motives of the "bomber" are and "who benefits?" Go ahead. Think deeply and critically.
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3. Bottom Line: Whoever made that wanted it to be painfully obvious to anyone and everyone that it's a "bomb." This is nearly the same as a bundle of road flares wrapped together with an old-timey alarm clock ticking away.
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Like " Clock Boy "
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Takes the news off the invasion
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Would an attacker also include a return address? Good grief! What are we really being distracted from?
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Agreed.
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So basically we're looking for Wile E Coyote
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Still more real than CNN.
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That's probably why the recipients first move after receiving the fake bombs was to get close enough to photograph them.
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If these were intended to detonate upon receipt of the package, there would be some kind of receiver or a switch attached. The pic could be shot from a distance but again with all the photo tech today grainy doesn't cut it anymore.
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