that was vladimir putin yesterday, and today the islamic state has published what they claim is proof of its involvement in the bombing of that plane. in the latest issue of the terror group s official magazine dabiq the islamic state revealed what they say is the image of the improvised explosive device used to take on the russian passenger plane. in the picture, a soda can is shown with what appears to be commercial grade detonator and a switch connected to a battery. u.s. intelligence sources say that if a single can was used as the explosive, it was likely placed inside the main cabin under a window seat. an article in the magazine asserts that the islamic state originally planned to target a western country but changed their plan when russia began bombing syria.
commercial grade detonator and a switch connected to a battery. u.s. intelligence sources say that if a single can was used as the explosive, it was likely placed inside the main cabin under a window seat. an article in the magazine asserts that the islamic state originally planned to target a western country but changed their plan when russia began bombing syria. yesterday, the russian air force reported that it had completed one of its largest air strikes yet, launching 34 cruise missiles, and claiming to destroy 14 islamic state targets in syria. joining us now is tom thurman, a former explosives expert and now a professor in the arson and explosion program in eastern kentucky university. tom, this soda can bomb, that is enough to take down a plane like that? absolutely. i would imagine, although i
in salt lake city and halifax okay. and then deemed to be no threat and then a photograph and this is clearly isis propaganda. we ll say that up front. this comes from isis online magazine and they say the bomb that brought down the metro jetliner. a soda can on the left. in the middle, appears to be a detonator and the right appears to be a switch. what is unclear according to the exports i have talked to is where the timing device is and several things are interesting. look in the middle of the can, it would appear that there seems to be a cut mark there. that it was cut in half and went perhaps put back together. the question is whether inside that can there might have been plastic explosives. in other words, petn or c4 or rdx. as the detonator goes, lock in the middle of it. it has yellow cord. to the experts, it s a commercial grade detonator. not military grade detonator.