Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoELI5 How come pipe bombs or bombs in general thru the mail don't go off in the post offices or the truck or being delivered? Like how did the Unabomber get away with so many without going off?message-squaremessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareELI5 How come pipe bombs or bombs in general thru the mail don't go off in the post offices or the truck or being delivered? Like how did the Unabomber get away with so many without going off?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
Not looking for how to make a pipe bomb. But the jostling the movement and everything how would that not set it off?
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe bomb doesn’t go off until the box is opened. Short video one shows how a hand grenade works. Short video two explains that putting a grenade in jar (a glass box) will stop it from detonating until the glass jar breaks (the box is “opened”) The box, be it a glass jar, or a cardboard box, stops the bomb from going off until the box is opened.
The bomb doesn’t go off until the box is opened.
Short video one shows how a hand grenade works.
Short video two explains that putting a grenade in jar (a glass box) will stop it from detonating until the glass jar breaks (the box is “opened”)
The box, be it a glass jar, or a cardboard box, stops the bomb from going off until the box is opened.