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Then a blasting cap and what snels. >> we believe a power source on the right. something to keep it powered. >> like a 9-volt? >> exactly. probably rigged to something. this is coming out in the of isis' magazine, a monthly publication. to be straightforward, this is their propaganda. this is one of their more visible. you are looking there at this month's cover which, of course, references the paris attack and probably one of the more visible pieces of propaganda. this is on page 3. this alleged bomb that they say was used on the russian plane. left side of the screen there, passports of some...

Agent says the on and off switch on the detonator means a suicide bomber had to be in the cabin of the plane ready to flip the switch. raising questions about how smon could get on the plane with a device that could easily be detected by screening machines. >> completely assembled device like this would be difficult to circumvent normal security. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they ran the names on the passenger manifest lists and found no red flags for anyone onboard. isis previously claimed responsibility for the attack that killed 224 people, but if this is the bomb it would be the first p...

Cart. >> right. and let's not forget, richard reid 2001. >> yep. >> there was the shoe bombing plot and a long-term aspiration of al qaeda to make the bombs smaller, easier to get it on the plane and according to the magazine they say they penetrated the security at sharm el sheikh and got it on board. >> americans will remember a campaign of public service telling kids don't go near blasting caps. don't touch them. most of us what they were talking about. you're saying the detonator in the center of this picture by another name. a blasting cap. >> right. we see this all the time in films and ...

This year, and so it would be consistent with isis in sinai to carry out the attack rather than the airport. it reports away from the lone wolf scenario, because it is difficult for an individual without connections to the wlished terrorist outfit to obtain this military-grade explosive, wolf. >> and matthew, there is a suggestion that the timing on the bomb may have caused the detonation of 30,000 feet about 23 minutes into the flight. here is the question. what if that plane had been delayed in takeoff? >> if that is the case, it wouldn't have mattered, wolf, because if it is c-4 as the expl...

Cake. and that's imodium nitrate and aluminum powder, basically fertilizer and aluminum. >> 90% of the stuff we have here you don't have to have a license to buy. i can go in a truck and come home with probably 90% of this. >> reporter: in experienced hands the bomb itself easy enough to make. setting them off another matter. >> all i'm going to do is place it right inside. >> reporter: a blasting cap like this one, a smaller explosion used to set off a larger one necessary. the blasting cap itself needs a tiny electrical charge. we used a wire detonator for these demonstrations. only 1.5 volt...