To say this would be a significant escalation of Russia’s anti-western campaign is really a big understatement. According to a report in Wall Street Journal, Russia has recently been testing out plans to put explosive devices on US and UK airliners. The initial tests involved incendiary devices which started fires on planes carrying packages to Germany and the UK.
Western security officials say they believe that two incendiary devices, shipped via DHL, were part of a covert Russian operation that ultimately aimed to start fires aboard cargo or passenger aircraft flying to the U.S. and Canada, as Moscow steps up a sabotage campaign against Washington and its allies.
The devices ignited at DHL logistics hubs in July, one in Leipzig, Germany, and another in Birmingham, England. The explosions set off a multinational race to find the culprits.
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