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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts)
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:10 PM Nov 2024

GRU tries to smuggle exploding vibrators onto planes heading to US and Canada

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WSJ: Western security officials believe Russia’s GRU intelligence agency tried to smuggle incendiary devices, disguised as electric massagers, onto planes headed to the U.S. and Canada. The devices ignited at DHL hubs in Germany and England, sparking arrests of four suspects in Poland. This plot is seen as part of a larger Russian sabotage effort targeting the West, leading U.S. and European agencies to increase air-cargo security.
11:40 AM · Nov 4, 2024




All kidding aside, was this a serious attempt to bring down a cargo plane around election day?



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muriel_volestrangler

(106,236 posts)
17. "Incendiary" is not necessarily explosive material
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 05:51 PM
Nov 2024

Lithium batteries catch fire; they could have designed things to do that on purpose. Like the pagers in Lebanon. There could be sealed bits of explosive to help things along, if they can be sealed so well they don't allow any volatile molecules off them for detectors.

maxrandb

(17,435 posts)
10. So, the whole pretending to masturbate and filate a microphone
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:37 PM
Nov 2024

was just a signal to Putin to send in the dildoes?

Isn't one burnt orange dildo from Moscow enough?

BamaRefugee

(3,885 posts)
15. Dammit. Now we have to take off our shoes at TSA checkpoint AND remove our butt plugs!
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:03 PM
Nov 2024

Nothing quite like a BP and some heavy mid-flight turbulence!

NotASurfer

(2,369 posts)
16. I did not have that on my 2024 Bingo card
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:35 PM
Nov 2024

Maybe better luck with the December Hurricane space on G-11

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