"Hmm. Were they planning to make a big bomb by daisy chaining the lithium ion batteries or, multiple smaller "cutting charges" to sever the mail cables?"
10,000 hacksaw blades?
Jokes aside, can they be doing something with these phones that we have not thought of.
The conventional wisdom is that they are going to be used as detonators. Where are they going to get the 10 tons (or so) of high explosives to attach to all these detonators.
Why so many? They only need 20 or 30 to get a Fox News Alert.
"10,000 hacksaw blades?"
Just set the phones to vibrate!!