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Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Sandwich on March 04, 2004, 05:01:24 pm: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/397485.html

Mega-cool. I'll try to get pics if I ride one. :)
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Fineus on March 04, 2004, 05:03:26 pm: The idea sounds good... but surely anyone dedicated enough to strap a bomb to themselves would be willing to make it a large enough bomb to take the bus out from some range?
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Sandwich on March 04, 2004, 05:35:23 pm: Well, no, not really... the bombs cause damage mainly from metal shrapnel - nails and bolts and stuff - that the guy's packing around the explosives. Such items can't puncture armored vehicles, since armor needs a focused blast to penetrate it.
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Fineus on March 04, 2004, 05:51:11 pm: Good point :nod:
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: aldo_14 on March 04, 2004, 05:58:58 pm: What about a car bomb?
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Bobboau on March 04, 2004, 06:25:00 pm: it sounds like your chalengeing them to take one out
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: vyper on March 04, 2004, 06:43:26 pm: One abbreviation comes to mind: RPG.
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: aldo_14 on March 04, 2004, 07:03:08 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Bobboau
it sounds like your chalengeing them to take one out

Nah, just to make the thing impregnable.

There's always a danger of overconfidence, y'see. :)
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Rictor on March 04, 2004, 07:32:18 pm: I think its a good idea. It saves lives.

However, a dedicated individual will come up with ways around it. And I think its a safe bet that most people who are willing to be suicide bombers are what could be described as dedicated.
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: aldo_14 on March 04, 2004, 07:44:24 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Rictor
I think its a good idea. It saves lives.

However, a dedicated individual will come up with ways around it. And I think its a safe bet that most people who are willing to be suicide bombers are what could be described as dedicated.

Well, naturally. But every steps to improve safety is positive, as long as you keep pushing for the next step. :)
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Knight Templar on March 04, 2004, 07:53:42 pm: Power to the people. :yes:
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: redsniper on March 04, 2004, 10:19:54 pm: Hmmm... interesting idea. Sounds kinda cool actually. Pics?
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: diamondgeezer on March 04, 2004, 10:51:31 pm: Rock on, IMI
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Drew on March 04, 2004, 11:26:52 pm: Quote
Originally posted by vyper
One abbreviation comes to mind: RPG.

2 years later, a bus driver says: suck my point defence lazers

:rolleyes:
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Setekh on March 05, 2004, 01:35:31 am: Yeah, get shots. You and your V1. :p
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Sandwich on March 05, 2004, 02:01:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
What about a car bomb?

Car bombs are much harder to get through the security checkpoints. But even if they do, I'm not really sure if they'd be able to take out an armored vehicle. RPG's can easily, sure, yeah - that's what they're meant for. But a car bomb is just a glorified suicide bomber, and works on the same principle of shrapnel ripping up soft targets. It nothing in the way of focused blast force.

The sheer power of the explosion might knock the bus around, toss it a few meters and flip it over or something, but IMO the bus would still remain "whole", more or less.

That, of course, goes for the current line of armored buses used here as well.
Title: Suicide-Bomber-proof Buses
Post by: Gortef on March 05, 2004, 03:17:35 am: Cool buses.