SRI International,
the US contrad
research
organisation - former
known as Stanford
Reseai 2
tute - has devised a
hardensi
luggage container to
mitigate ON
effect of a
terrorist bomb blast
on
aircraft.
The 0.5 inches thick
"blanket" is
made of materials
that can absoic
bomb blast debris
and fragment
preventing damage to
the aircraftc
can withstand a
three pound plastic
explosives blast,
equivalent to tic
bomb that destroyed
the Pan American flight near
Scotland in 1985.
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