Most explosives training materials are inert. Now if they were live, that is really serious.
Let’s wait a few days until all the information is gathered and released.
I’m more worried about when DC gets hit by a subway bomber, at the Verizon Center, a baseball game, or concert on the Mall.
The quote implies that there was just no blasting cap or detcord nearby. It sounds like it was real material, and they tried to gloss it over.
“I’m more worried about when DC gets hit by a subway bomber, at the Verizon Center, a baseball game, or concert on the Mall.”
Yeah, well my kids go to these schools. This is pretty insane.
I would hope the “training material” was inert. Then again, if they were going to exercise dogs or try out their latest electronic sniffer gadget... They might have had “representative levels” of actual explosives on board in realistic packaging.
So different lives matter?