Author
Jenkins; Brian Michael
Year
2012
Publisher
RAND Corporation
Category
Civil Aviation
Language
English
Pages
11
ISBN
978-0-83307-702-8
Last Update
11-Jun-2026
Keywords
Transportation Studies ; Political Science
he recovery earlier this year of a new, improved bomb designed to avoid detection by airport security underscores terrorists’ continuing determination to bring down commercial airliners. Like the bomb carried by Umar Abdulmutallab in his unsuccessful attempt to sabotage an airliner in 2009, the new device designed by al Qaeda’s bomb-maker was intended to be concealed in the saboteur’s underwear. The device was obtained by an intelligence operative who managed to persuade his al Qaeda handlers that he was ready to carry out that suicide mission. While it is necessary to investigate possible ways to counter this latest terrorist innovation,...
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