Out at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland the Army and DHS have a collection of airliner fuselages. For bomb testing. Where can a terrorist's bomb explode with the best chance of the aircraft surviving the event? Plans are to issue airline crews instructions, if a bomb is found, move it here, the Least Risk Bomb Location (LRBL for short) and maybe you won't crash when it goes off. So they are going to explode test bombs inside old junked airliners to see what happens.
Your guv'mint is concerned about the bad PR such testing might be for airlines. Seeing a Southwest or American fuselage go poof has got to bad for the airline image. The requests for proposals to aircraft junkyards the Army requested that "Distinctive paint schemes or logos on the fuselages must be removed before testing to eliminate any public recognition that aircraft was previously owned or operated". How very thoughtful.
The whole project is chilling to think about.
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