ChasmDude t1_jd8uqib wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:42 PM

Reply to comment by illy-chan in Ecuadorian TV presenter wounded by bomb disguised as USB stick by AudibleNod

yeah people shouldn't underestimate the power of military-grade plastic explosives. Israel assassinated someone using a relatively small amount hidden in a cell phone in the not-too-distant past.

Thankfully, it's hard for non-military people/groups to get, but cartels manage to obtain a lot of weapons they're not supposed to have.

Miserable_Law_6514 t1_jda9qem wrote on March 22, 2023 at 11:14 PM

It's not too difficult to make either.

zzyul t1_jdb730v wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:21 AM

Yep, the CIA created cigars filled with C4 in a plan assassinate Castro. They had to keep the weight low enough to avoid suspicion and leave enough tobacco in it so it would smoke and still smell like a cigar so there wasn’t a lot of C4 in it. The tests still showed it would blow a person’s face off if the cigar was near their mouth when it triggered.