• Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
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    2 天前

    I mean, people do strap on conventional explosive vests and set them off in crowds. That is not the absurd part.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      1 天前

      I think their point is that the van was a much easier storage vessel, with room and penetration power. Getting out of the van and walking 30 feet has miniscule change on the effects of a munition that’s blast radius and fallout are so large.

      The entire idea of a vest/backpack/portable device would be more so you can get behind enemy lines by say parachute or such. Although there is no point of a parachute as you don’t need to cushion your fall, and no need of the person if someone was already letting you leave said flying device.

    • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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      1 天前

      That’s because thats the only way it can work with low power explosives slapped together by some group with limited resources.