In article ,
Alan Minyard wrote:

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:09:44 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

Any of these could be considered a "suitcase" nuke, but not a
"briefcase" one.

It is a "definitional" thing :-) I am aware of the devices that you
mention. I also know that none of them are the sort of thing you
would casually walk into a hotel with.

Actually, it's *exactly* the sort of thing I've walked into hotels with.
Much smaller and lighter, actually. Put it in a road case with wheels,
and it'll fit quite nicely on an elevator ("it's medical equipment").
I've brought multi-hundred-pound radiation therapy machines into hotel
rooms for shows with no comment.

Nor would sending the device "air freight" be such a bright idea.

Why not? I've drop-shipped thousand-pound boxes of stuff with nobody
blinking an eye. Hell, we had them fly a 1200 pound road case full of
steel plates from Orlando to Las Vegas. Not all airports have explosive
detectors or x-ray machines for airfreight. And if you're really
worried about that part, ship it by bus or train.

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