On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:08:26 +0100, the renowned Rene Tschaggelar
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
I was struck by a thought when I heard the latest Palestinian
terrorist trick is to send a kid through the border with a back-pack
bomb triggered by a cell phone....

The Israelis should get a telemarketer's speed dialer and constantly
dial away... boom... boom... boom...

Not really. The technology is far better.
Here you can get those industial mobiles with a serial
output. You can send an SMS which's string can be decoded by
software of you own microcontroller.

One could easily imagine a semi-smart anti-convoy bomb that could be
remotely triggered by a hidden operator to go off after a programmable
delay (with password), so signal jamming would be relatively
ineffective. Nasty, and hobbyist-level technology once you have the
phone.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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