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<ul class="summary-list"><li>At least five polling stations in Georgia will stay open later after bomb threats disrupted voting.</li><li>The non-credible threats are linked to Russia, the FBI said.</li></ul>Nine voting stations in metro Atlanta will stay open later after non-credible bomb threats momentarily disrupted voting, the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/bomb-threats-equipment-issues-keep-9-metro-atlanta-precincts-open-later/VL5Z3P5WF5GBNJNDQK3C74X7PQ/">Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. </a>The bomb threats were emailed to precincts in Fulton and Gwinnett Counties and seem to be linked to Russia, according to law enforcement.The FBI issued a statement about the threats, saying that they "appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far."Polls were scheduled to close at 7:00 p.m. in Georgia, one of seven swing states that will likely decide who takes the White House.It is not yet clear whether locations in DeKalb County that temporarily evacuated will be able to stay open past 7 p.m. A church, two libraries, a community center, and senior center are among the impacted polling sites in the county.A judge ruled on Tuesday that two locations in Gwinnett County will keep their doors open until 7:58 p.m. In Cobb County, two polling stations will be open for an additional 20 minutes.

Georgia polling stations will stay open after getting shut down by bomb threats

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An Air India flight to Chicago diverted due to what a Canadian minister said was a bomb threat.</li><li>The Boeing 777 landed in Iqaluit, a remote town in Canada's Nunavut territory.</li></ul>Hundreds of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-india-economy-cabin-i-flew-miserable-bad-seats-review-2024-2">Air India</a> passengers caught a flight with the Royal Canadian Air Force after the Boeing 777 they were on was diverted due to an apparent bomb threat.Tuesday's Flight AI127 from Delhi to Chicago had just flown over Greenland when it changed course toward Iqaluit, per <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ai127#378bba5d">Flightradar24</a>.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/residents-in-canadas-far-north-are-terrified-of-losing-amazon-prime-2017-7">Iqaluit</a> is a remote town in Canada's far north and the capital of the Nunavut territory. On Tuesday, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/canada/iqaluit/historic">temperatures</a> peaked at 37 degrees Fahrenheit and were below zero at times.In a statement posted on social media, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-india-airbus-a350-soon-flying-us-jfk-photos-2024-7">Air India</a> said the flight was "the subject of a security threat posted online."According to an X post from Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Harjit Sajjan, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/HarjitSajjan/status/1846357138480005566">the flight was subject to a "bomb threat."</a> Sajjan added that 211 passengers were on the flight.One passenger who was scheduled to take a different flight out of Iqaluit on Tuesday shared pictures of the plane and what appeared to be passengers waiting in the airport, saying that a local musician had been brought in to entertain people while they waited.Air India, the Indian flag carrier, noted that it and other <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/i-was-on-bomb-threat-flight-akasa-air-analyzed-handwriting-2024-7">Indian airlines have been subject to a number of threats</a> recently that have all turned out to be hoaxes."As a responsible airline operator all threats are taken seriously," Air India said. "The inconvenience to customers is sincerely regretted."It added that it will consider legal action against those responsible for the threat.Air India said that over 18 hours after landing in Iqaluit, a Canadian Air Force plane took off to take passengers to Chicago. It was scheduled to land there 24 hours after the initial flight's scheduled arrival time."We thank the Canadian authorities and authorities at Iqaluit airport for their support and assistance extended to the passengers and Air India during this unexpected disruption," the airline said.Back in May, an <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-787-diverted-to-canadian-arctic-flight-canceled-to-rescue-them-2024-5">Air France Boeing 787 also had to divert to Iqaluit</a> after a burning smell was detected in the cabin.In that instance, a different flight was canceled 11 hours after the landing in Nunavut so a plane could be rerouted to take the passengers onward.

An apparent bomb threat saw over 200 Air India passengers stranded in Canada's freezing remote north before the air force picked them up

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Israel and Ukraine have weathered repeated ballistic missile attacks.</li><li>Ballistic missiles can strike with little to no warning time.</li></ul>The fireworks were impressive. Explosions, flames, and fiery streaks across the sky.But after launching <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/irans-missile-strike-israel-just-fraction-what-china-could-do-2024-10">hundreds</a> of ballistic missiles at Israel in two separate barrages, what has Iran to show for it? In the April attack — which comprised 300 missiles and drones — most were intercepted by forces from the US, Israel, Britain and Jordan. The October strike by 180 ballistic missiles saw a higher percentage of rockets penetrate defenses. Nonetheless, those that got through appear to have inflicted relatively <a target="_blank" href="https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/irans-missile-attack-challenge-israel-cant-ignore">minor damage</a>: some craters, a partly collapsed <a target="_blank" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/school-in-gedera-severely-damaged-by-iranian-missile-impact/">school building</a>, and multiple strikes on an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meHjp7iYV98">Israeli Air Force base</a> that is still operational.Despite all the threats from Iran, Israel's military, infrastructure, and public morale remain intact. This resilience has similarities with Ukraine, whose population has endured two years of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-kinzhal-missiles-beaten-by-patriots-slip-past-ukraine-defenses-2024-3">Russian missile attacks</a> but continues to fight on.All of which raises a question: is the danger of ballistic missiles overhyped? The issue has become more important than ever. Fifty years ago, the US and the Soviet Union owned most of the world's missile arsenal. Today, there are <a target="_blank" href="https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/worldwide-ballistic-missile-inventories">31 nations</a> that have ballistic missiles, plus non-state groups such as Hezbollah. With that much rocketry in the world, they are likely to be used in future wars.The threat of ballistic missiles — which follow a ballistic trajectory, rising to the edge of the atmosphere or into space, and then falling like a cannon ball — dates back 80 years, to just before the dawn of the Space Age. In 1944, Nazi Germany unleashed the <a target="_blank" href="https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/missile-surface-surface-v-2-4/nasm_A19600342000">V-2</a>, considered the world's first guided ballistic missile. Nearly 3,000 V-2s were launched at targets in Western Europe, with about half aimed at Britain. The British public was no stranger to death from the air: they had already endured the bomber raids of the Blitz, and the V-1 buzz bombs that were the forerunner of today's cruise missiles. But at least those weapons could be detected, giving time for people to take cover or air defenses to shoot them down. The V-2 was something different: ascending 60 miles to the edge of outer space, it slammed into its target without warning.Hitler promised the German people that the "wunderwaffe" (wonder weapons) would bring victory. Instead, the V-2 consumed considerable resources yet neither damaged the enemy's warmaking potential nor broke the population's support for the war. One problem was accuracy. The Germans estimated that the circular error probable — a standard measurement of how close 50% of munitions land to a target — was almost <a target="_blank" href="http://www.astronautix.com/v/v-2.html">three miles</a> for the V-2. By 1945, US B-17 bombers had a CEP of a quarter-mile.But the real problem was the payload. The V-2's warhead was just one ton of high explosive, delivered by a weapon that could only be used once. A B-17 Flying Fortress carried four tons of bombs, a British Lancaster could drop seven tons — and these planes could fly dozens of missions. Granted that there was the expense — and the risk — to the crew. But the US and Britain were flying raids of a thousand bombers each: even if accuracy was far from perfect, the sheer number of bombs devastated cities and, towards the war's end, hampered critical infrastructure such as oil refineries. Even this massive operation, however, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-israel-trying-to-achieve-in-gaza-bombing-2023-12">failed</a> to break German morale.In the 1980s came the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88T00096R000100120003-6.pdf">"War of the Cities,"</a> when Iraq and Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles against each other's urban areas. Despite tens of thousands of civilian casualties, morale in neither nation collapsed, and the Iran-Iraq War dragged on for eight years. In 2015, Iranian-backed <a target="_blank" href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/iranian-and-houthi-war-against-saudi-arabia">Houthi</a> rebels in Yemen began a bombardment campaign against Saudi Arabia that included ballistic missiles. Though inflicting some damage on oil facilities, this was intended as political coercion against Saudi intervention in Yemen rather than an all-out attack on the kingdom.<div type="image" title="Missiles launched from Iran are seen in the sky over Tel Aviv." height="1333" width="2000" msid="114169750" hostid="261" sizebytes="151262"></div>It is not that conventional ballistic missiles aren't lethal, especially the modern versions. The early gyroscopic guidance systems on the V-2 have been replaced by more accurate <a target="_blank" href="https://www.advancednavigation.com/tech-articles/inertial-guidance-a-brief-history-and-overview/">inertial guidance</a>: a <a target="_blank" href="https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/minuteman-iii/">Minuteman</a> ICBM has a reported CEP of about 130 feet, which is fine for a nuclear warhead but not for a precision strike on a small target. For advanced missile powers such as America and Russia, inertial guidance can be supplemented by other systems, such as GPS, and onboard radar linked to a map of the terrain. US-made ATACMS GPS-guided missiles, for example, have proven quite accurate in Ukraine.Ironically, this can lead to what one expert has called the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-confidence-smart-bombs-may-have-a-fatal-flaw-2024-6">"precision paradox."</a> Accuracy doesn't always equal effectiveness: if a smart bomb misses its target, then follow-on strikes to accomplish the mission can actually cause as much collateral damage as unguided weapons.And therein lies the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-iran-relies-on-ballistic-missiles-to-threaten-its-adversaries-2024-10">appeal of ballistic missiles</a> for less technologically advanced nations and militant groups. Even if they're not accurate, the mere threat of long-range missile bombardment might coerce or deter an adversary. With an estimated 3,000 ballistic missiles, Iran fields a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/weapon-program-background-report/table-irans-missile-arsenal">variety of designs</a> of varying accuracy, some based on the Soviet Scud or North Korea's Nodong. Tehran claims its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-missile-strike-israel-shows-capability-greater-scale-complexity-2024-10-02/">latest missiles</a> have a CEP of around 65 feet, a suspect claim given the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-ballistic-missiles-to-russia-questionable-accuracy-2024-9">observed inaccuracy</a> of some missiles in the April attack. A CEP of under 100 feet may be enough for damaging sprawling facilities such as airbases, ports and oil refineries. Against a pinpoint target such as a specific building, that might not be sufficient. And to get to that target, these weapons must get past increasingly capable air defense systems like <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-giving-ukraine-second-patriot-missile-system-fight-russia-reports-2024-6">Patriot</a>, Aegis, Arrow and Iron Dome.Even then, the question remains: Can ballistic missiles win a war? This echoes a debate from World War II, when Allied bomber chiefs argued that bombing German cities would win the war without the need for boots on the ground. Yet even after the Allies dropped <a target="_blank" href="https://repository.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4267&amp;context=gradschool_theses">2.7 million tons</a> of bombs in Europe, the Third Reich didn't surrender until Allied tanks were in the streets of Berlin. Nor did over 7.5 million tons of ordnance compel North Vietnam to cease its war against South Vietnam.Iranian missiles have not deterred Israel from pursuing its campaigns in <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-attack-lebanon-hezbollah-past-invasion-2024-10">Lebanon</a> and Gaza, nor are they likely to. Iran's 3,000 missiles sound quite impressive. But even if they were all launched at Israel simultaneously, some would malfunction on launch, some would be intercepted, and still others — how many can only be guessed at — would miss their target. In the end, the amount of high-explosive landing on Israeli soil would be less than a single Allied bomber raid in World War II.The proliferation of ballistic missiles is a danger. Given accurate guidance systems, they can damage vital targets. Given less accuracy, they can serve as terror weapons against cities. But they cannot win a war alone.Michael Peck is a defense writer whose work has appeared in Forbes, Defense News, Foreign Policy magazine, and other publications. He holds an MA in political science from Rutgers Univ. Follow him on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.twitter.com/@mipeck1">Twitter</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mipeck/">LinkedIn</a>.

Iran's attacks on Israel suggest ballistic missiles are an overhyped threat 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Molina Singh was flying with Akasa Air from Delhi to Mumbai when her plane was diverted.</li><li>After a note was found saying "Bomb on flight," all passengers had their handwriting examined.</li></ul>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Molina Singh, a 22-year-old from Delhi who was on board Akasa Air Flight 1719 on June 3. It has been edited for length and clarity.I haven't traveled alone a lot — this was probably my second flight alone. My parents were worried about me because they think I'm a homebody.I recently started working after college and joined the YouTube team for creator marketing and strategy. There was a creator campaign going on, and their head office is in Mumbai, so I traveled from Delhi for that.The flight was in the air, and everything was going smoothly. Everyone was kind of asleep or just chilling, and suddenly, the cabin crew came up to all of us.Everyone was woken from their naps and asked if a piece of cabin luggage was theirs. To the last row, no one identified the luggage.I was sitting in row nine, so I could see the cabin crew working, and they seemed very confused. And suddenly, the captain announces that we're landing. Turns out, they were diverting to Ahmedabad, which is a good hour away from our destination.They said there was a security concern. And as a person who's not traveled a lot, I was like, "Shit, what's happening?"It took us 15 minutes to land. No one told anyone anything, and everyone was confused. We were asked to vacate the plane immediately.Everyone was supposed to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-airlines-passengers-survived-because-abandoned-baggage-burning-plane-tokyo-2024-1">leave their luggage inside the plane</a>, but half of them took it. I left mine because the pilot himself asked me, and I couldn't say no. I put my phone and wallet in my overalls, and I left.We thought they just wanted to check something for 15 or 20 minutes, but thank God I took stuff because we were stranded there for like 12 hours.So we were on the runway, and there was a heat wave in Ahmedabad. (Temperatures in Ahmedabad reached over 100 degrees Fahrenheit on June 3.)Through overhearing cops, I figured out there was a tissue found in the plane that had "Bomb on flight" written on it.<div type="image" title="Passengers take phone calls and wait on the runway at Ahmedabad Airport following a bomb threat scare in June 2024" height="3213" width="4284" msid="111858161" hostid="261" sizebytes="1424358"></div>Then they dragged us to arrivals at Ahmedabad Airport, where there was a barricaded area, which was very small for the 186 people on the plane.The police asked us to write "Bomb on flight" in our own handwriting with our seat number.People were worried because they didn't have cash or their phones, and they didn't let us go to the bathroom or give us water. It was just very hodgepodge.At this point, you're not a customer of the airline, you're a suspect.The police called out nine or 10 names who could match the handwriting. They took them to a separate area and made them do double and triple checks.Then they took us all in two different sections to write "Bomb on flight," I think 36 times — dividing your tissue into four and writing on alternate sides.Nothing is coming out of it. I think the problem was there was no protocol for this.After three hours, they finally allowed us to get food and go to the bathroom, surrounded by a lot of police.By 8 p.m., everyone had given up hope. This was also the time that everyone was trauma-bonded. I'm talking to aunties and people I've never talked to. We'd exchanged Instagrams. We were just using one phone and a charger to contact our parents and everyone.<div type="image" title="Police officers and passengers on the runway with luggage strewn about on the tarmac at Ahmedabad Airport in June 2024." height="531" width="708" msid="111858162" hostid="261" sizebytes="33702"></div>Finally, they gave us new boarding passes. It still took us two hours to board because they made us identify our luggage. Even in the night, it's burning hot. Because the luggage was under the direct sun for eight hours, people's MacBooks stopped working, and my lip gloss melted.After we board the plane they give us a few packets of Namkeen, which are like chips. I'm like, "Oh wow, thank you for that compensation for the torture."It was a wild experience. I think people were frightened and afraid at the start because no one gave us any information. We just figured it out on our own. After that, everyone was like, "Hey, this is something we have to get through."

I was on a flight that received a bomb threat. We were treated like suspects, and the police examined everyone's handwriting.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ukraine used long-range drones to strike a Russian airbase in the Volgograd region overnight.</li><li>The attack caused blasts at warehouses storing glide bombs, a Ukrainian security source said.</li></ul>Ukrainian forces used long-range drones to attack a key Russian airbase overnight, destroying warehouses that stored fuel, ammunition, and highly destructive glide bombs.The attack targeted the Marynivka airfield in Russia's Volgograd region, a site actively used to launch aircraft that bomb the front lines, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine told Business Insider on Thursday, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive operations.It appeared to mark Ukraine's latest <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-struggling-with-ukraine-cessna-style-drone-flying-brick-bomb-2024-5">long-range strike</a> on an important military installation inside Russia.The SBU source said that the attack was a joint effort between the SBU and Ukraine's Special Operations Forces. The strikes on the Russian airfield triggered explosions at warehouses storing guided aerial bombs, ammo, and fuel throughout the night and morning.Video footage circulating on social media is said to show black <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3897635-ukraines-strike-destroys-ammo-depots-with-glide-bombs-at-russias-marynivka-airfield-source.html">plumes of smoke rising</a> from the airfield. Business Insider, however, was not able to independently verify the details of the video. "The SBU works with surgical precision at the airfields from which the enemy attacks Ukraine," the source said, per a translation of remarks shared with BI, adding that each strike like this "reduces the superiority of the Russians in the air and significantly limits their aviation capabilities."Ukraine is prohibited from using its arsenal of powerful, Western-made missiles to strike inside Russia. To work around these restrictions, Kyiv has relied heavily on locally produced, long-range attack drones to wage a monthslong campaign targeting Moscow's military and energy facilities.During this campaign, Ukraine has specifically attempted to clamp down on the Russian glide-bomb threat.Glide bombs are dumb bombs that are equipped with special kits to turn them into precision-guided munitions. They <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraines-in-a-race-to-stop-russia-glide-bomb-attacks-2024-3">are highly destructive</a> (Russia has used some <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-massive-russian-glide-bomb-strikes-ukraine-for-first-time-2024-6">weighing over 6,000 pounds</a> in combat) and are <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/defeating-russia-new-glide-bomb-means-risking-ukraines-patriot-systems-2024-7">difficult to intercept</a> because they have fairly short flight times, small radar signatures, and travel on non-ballistic trajectories, creating a challenge for air defense units.<div type="image" title="An image shows what Russia says is a FAB-3000 glide bomb being loaded onto a Su-34 aircraft against a blue sky" height="1500" width="2000" msid="112718877" hostid="261" sizebytes="40970"></div>Russia has <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-glide-bombs-headache-ukraine-moscow-making-new-ones-2024-1">used its glide bombs to inflict damage</a> on both Ukrainian troop positions and civilian infrastructure throughout much of the war, but these troubling weapons have been especially problematic in recent months.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia used <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1825083796850458667">more than 750 glide bombs</a> in a single week earlier this month.Because glide bombs are notoriously tough to stop, the only way for Ukraine to really <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/huge-drone-strike-suggests-ukraine-going-after-russian-glide-bombs-2024-4">eliminate the threat</a> is to either shoot down the Russian fighter-bombers before they release the munition or strike the aircraft — and the bombs — on the ground at their airfields.Ukraine has carried out a number of strikes over the past few months <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-images-show-ukraine-hit-russian-aircraft-drops-glide-bombs-2024-8">targeting airfields in Russia</a> where fighter-bombers and glide bombs are kept, including the most recent attack at Marynivka.

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