bombcase

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The guards lifted the top of the bombcase and lowered it into place from an overhead winch.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
It will take a few hours, and we can also test the integrity of the bombcase again. '

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
They are called kryton switches, they perform their function with total precision, and that kind of precision is necessary for only one application found inside a bombcase.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
More surprising, the bombcase was thicker than he'd expected.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
It had roughly the same size, but the shape was wrong, and the bombcase was. .. just wasn't right.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
The rest of the bombcase seemed to be ... four centimeters or so, but the hatch was only a quarter of that.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
Impact with the ground had telescoped the bombcase, doubtless damaging the internal hinges ... but he had all the time he wanted.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
Russell moved around his friend and resumed pulling the dirt off the back end of the bombcase.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
Another test confirmed that the bombcase was pressure-tight.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
There were seams in the bombcase, even some sort of hatch ... he'd never seen that before.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991