SEARCH BLOG: TERRORISM
I have wondered about the ability of al Qaeda, et al, to use cell phones to trigger car bombs.
Certainly, there must be the technology available to send out random call signals to all cell phones. Any phone rigged to a bomb would detonate the bomb at a time an place not of the maker's choosing... such as when they are driving the car or have it parked in their garage awaiting deployment. Of course, it would be more effective if the phones could be turned on remotely... something requiring a chip design change, I presume.
The thing about cell phones is that they are so reliable that terrorists can count on them as a detonation device that they can control. Inserting some randomness into the equation could force a change in thinking. Iraq could be a testing ground.
Sure, some bugs in the plan, but it could be worked out.
Meanwhile... at The New Republic....
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