I thought about something like this (A nuke near the White House) but quickly realized the bomb would have to travel with them. There’s just no way to make it secure enough with the travel schedules such people have, and the adversary’s inspectors would have to follow them around to enforce it so there’s no privacy either. Not to mention all the world leaders occasionally gather in one place, which raises the danger even more.
Maybe it’s a ring that explodes if cut? I’m not saying I can prove it’ll work, just that there might be some way or another to target the leaders rather than random civilians in a city (which the leaders might not care about).
I thought about something like this (A nuke near the White House) but quickly realized the bomb would have to travel with them. There’s just no way to make it secure enough with the travel schedules such people have, and the adversary’s inspectors would have to follow them around to enforce it so there’s no privacy either. Not to mention all the world leaders occasionally gather in one place, which raises the danger even more.
What if the bomb was a ring around their neck or something?
Given you could use a conventional, small explosive, that makes it easier, but my guess is it still does not work. There are at least two big issues:
How do you make sure he always wears it? Do you have a foreign agent constantly at his side?
How do you trigger it? What would you do about a signal blocking room?
Maybe it’s a ring that explodes if cut? I’m not saying I can prove it’ll work, just that there might be some way or another to target the leaders rather than random civilians in a city (which the leaders might not care about).