Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up132arrow-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 · 10 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-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-squaremech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·10 days agoIf made correctly, they go off when you open the package, which isn’t done in the post office or the truck.
If made correctly, they go off when you open the package, which isn’t done in the post office or the truck.