[Governor Dinwiddie]

Not the best and brightest. X-ray or sniffer dog would have proved invaluable. Too late now.

[Fungi]

Somewhere there is a lawyer licking his chops.

[thefactor]

The title of the article literally says they x-rayed it.

[mikey_hates_everything]

X-ray or sniffer dog would have proved invaluable.

That's the scary part. The grenades were X-rayed and determined to be inert.

[TexasGator]

"Not the best and brightest. X-ray or sniffer dog would have proved invaluable. Too late now."

Article lead in: Law enforcement source says deputies cut a grenade in half as part of a training exercise after they X-rayed it and thought it was inert.

[fso301]

Not the best and brightest. X-ray or sniffer dog would have proved invaluable. Too late now.

Article did say they ha been X-Rayed at the scene.

Should have weighed them and compared against live weight AND empty weight.

I would think explosives professionals should have access to such weight data for common military ordinance since they periodically have to deal with discoveries of "souvenirs" found in Grandpa's attic.

[rktman]

Or someone that could have disassembled it safely.

[yukong]

The article says they x-rayed the grenades at the scene where they were found before they were even moved. From the X-ray, it was determined they were inert.

[discostu]

With all that metal on the outside x-ray won’t tell you anything about the inside. And even if it’s inert residue will probably trigger the sniffer dog. There’s really only 1 way to make sure a grenade is inert: disassemble it, the as designed no sparks anywhere it disassembly method. And that should be done by 1 person, in blast proof room, alone, no distractions. Any other method is just asking for trouble.

[Vaduz]

Yes guess the training didn’t take?.

[jurroppi1]

In the portion of the article that was posted:

It was later reported by the same source that the explosives, two military-style grenades, were X-rayed at the scene and deemed inert on Thursday.