We came up with something like this for protecting your home against "dynamic entry" by misguided police SWAT teams - the fake front door. They knock it down and run in, only to find it's a 20 foot drop to the bottom of a concrete pit.

/"I'm sorry, did you have a warrant? Because there was a sign on the front door - 'Do not enter - construction.' Maybe next time you'll knock before flinging yourself into my 'new cistern'"

Nothing can be worse than the dumbass holster they gave the pilots who went through the ordeal of getting certified to carry. You know, the ones that requires putting a padlock through the TRIGGER GUARD.

The Soviets actually had those ICBM trains. It's what the B-2s were originally designed to go after.

I don't see what it has to do with terrorism, though.

Anything with a boxing glove on a scissor extender, yet?

Diogenes:Churchill2004:The Soviets actually had those ICBM trains. It's what the B-2s were originally designed to go after.

I don't see what it has to do with terrorism, though.

Me neither. Plus, in an age when we're considering space-based weapons this idea seems somewhat pedestrian.

It was actually a pretty smart idea during the age of MAD. Put your missiles on trains and run them around the country so we won't know where they are beforehand.

But yeah, I don't see the relevance to anything that's happened in the past two decades.

Personally, I think the trapdoor idea is awesome. Think about it, you'd be praying for an attempted hijacking, just to see the inevitable Wile-E-Coyote moment that would follow.

Suicidal Writer:Problem: Terrorists want to hijack a plane by trying to break down the cockpit door.

Do you have to do that EVERY friggin' time. We get it. You like guns and you're a psychopath. Now go sit in the corner.

damn... they're netting rambo.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side.

Security theater for air travelers and raping of the Constitution not on the list...

Someone's been playing a little too much Dungeons & Dragons.

What is the second to last syllable in the headline?

rogue49:Someone's been playing a little too much Dungeons & Dragons.

Not until there are 3 skeletal warriors armed with magic bows that shoot lightning guarding the cockpit.

It's a trap.

/door
//trap-door

Diagram screams Photoshop contest!

degreeless:Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

"urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads"

This invention was brought to you by the same man who brought you the solar-powered flashlight, helicopter ejection seat, and the submarine screen door.

/old polish joke

Kaka:Diagram screams Photoshop contest!

Yes, PS please of the Rube Goldberg "Airplane anti-terrorist trap-door contraption."

/it's a conTRAPtion.

Not sure why it doesn't just drop them out of the plane...

You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!

What's up with the suicide hippie in the containment net?

barnejas:Not sure why it doesn't just drop them out of the plane...

Because the people who invent these things fear only one thing more than terrorists: lawyers.

I always thought that we should coat out ammunition in some pig fat or something...

doesn't the term 'roundup' imply that said article will have more than the one device spoiled for us already in the headline?

As someone who works in the patent and trademark field, you'd be surprised at the amount of shiat people think is going to make them money.

War on Terror absent from the list I'm guessing?

Never let Paolo Valletta near your children.

Nestea Plunge:The Pentagon has recently hired Data of The Goonies.

Supa slippy shoes.

One of my favorites was the bomb that, if dropped, would make terrorists uncontrollably hot for each other. I really wish they could have made that reality.

i always thought that stopping people carrying box cutters from boarding the plane was an excellent way to stop terrorism

/couldn't get a patent for it
//curse you, tsa

How to stop Terror Attacks on a plane...hire this lady...



By land your wholesome grand-parent. In the air NTSB's most deadly assasin

Suicidal Writer:img253.imageshack.us

One of these things is not like the other.

/Just saying.

Problem: Terrorists can pop up at any time, leaving local authorities totally defenseless against their raging attacks.

Well, to be honest, it's only the #2 terrorists that keep popping up. Also, the description makes it sound like a game of Whack-A-Mole.

Airplanes should just have a detachable cockpit, so that if there's ever a problem, the pilots can just parachute themselves to safety, jettisoning the fuselage and its entire contents into the ocean or ground below.

/Speaking of a detachable cockpit, I was walking down Second Avenue towards St. Mark's Place, where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street...

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Adolf_Hilton:Airplanes should just have a detachable cockpit, so that if there's ever a problem, the pilots can just parachute themselves to safety, jettisoning the fuselage and its entire contents into the ocean or ground below.

/Speaking of a detachable cockpit, I was walking down Second Avenue towards St. Mark's Place, where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street...

I see what you did there....and i approve most heartily