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Re: alexandria cable cutters?
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:57:56 -0400
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Andrew Latham <lathama () gmail com> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com> wrote:On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:46 AM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:nyt reports capture of scuba divers attempting to cut telecom egypt undersea fiber. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/03/27/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt-internet.htmlhow likely is it that a diver can cut an armored cable close to shore? without using explosives I mean...Its quite easy with a Thermal Lance... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_lance
sure, if you want to hang around and see the cut and perhaps do something about it... if you just want to drop-and-go... wrapping the cable in a pound/half-kilo of semtex/c4 will do fine. I'd expect 'alquaida' type folk to have easier access to explosives than a thermal lance as well. -chris
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