President Trump's leak of classified information involved bombs and new batteries. The intelligence finding that President Trump divulged to Russian officials during a meeting last week at the White House involved an advance in bomb making developed by the Islamic State that could be used against commercial aircraft, according to a U.S. Official. Operatives from the Islamic State, or ISIS, have determined how to implant and mask an explosive inside the battery of a laptop computer, increasing the likelihood that a bomb can be slipped past screeners onto an airplane. The batteries can turn on even with a bomb inside, which is a new development. Ref. USAToday.
Yep, could be done easily enough. Wouldn't be able to get a huge amount of yield in there, but to tear a whole in the side of an aircraft midflight you don't need much.
Which is just great, flying is enough of a pain in the arse without being able to carry a laptop with me.
The laptop industry will take a dive because of this but doesn't also extend to tablets and mobile? That is going to be very difficult. People are going to start using trains more often when they can.