What was the substance hidden in the Olive Oil in the Clancy series Jack Ryan?
In the hideout of Suleiman in the Jack Ryan TV-show, we see the terrorists busy sliding slim glass containers individually into bulky olive oil canisters. The number of crates of olive oil gave me the impression of quite some mass being smuggled. The cesium-dust later picked up in the container in Boston harbor is also contained in slim glass containers, but those are just racked together, and are olive-oil-adjacent, but not immersed in the oil.
Is there some indication what the hiding-in-oil scene was about? Was it the cesium? Was it Ebola? Was it something else, like drugs?
Best Answer
It would have been the cesium.
We know that the Ebola had already been introduced to the previously hostage doctors (apparently through medication) so the only other items required for the plan were plastic explosives and the cesium.
The individual cesium containers would have been somewhat protected from rough handling by the viscous nature of the olive oil.
Presumably, this method is what was being tested in the pilot episode when smaller olive oil bottles were being used.
We know the size of the crate (5' x 3') and that only some of the contents were removed. From the image 7 - 8 large bottles each, perhaps holding one cesium container.
We know the approximate number of bottles removed because Suleiman only has 7 left (plus the one that broke in the shipping container).
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What was in the olive oil in Jack Ryan?
It would have been the cesium. Presumably, this method is what was being tested in the pilot episode when smaller olive oil bottles were being used. We know the size of the crate (5' x 3') and that only some of the contents were removed. From the image 7 - 8 large bottles each, perhaps holding one cesium container.What is cesium in Jack Ryan?
Cesium 137 is highly radioactive. It emits high energy electrons and penetrating gamma rays. The respirators and suits the terrorists wore would have protected them from contamination, but would have had absolutely no protective value against deadly radiation.What happens with Ebola in Jack Ryan?
When they are rescued and POTUS meets them, Dr. Nadler is shown to be ill. The CIA suspects that all 12 of DWB are infected with Ebola and quarantines everyone including POTUS. While Suleiman plans to infect and kill everyone in quarantine with radiation poisoning using Cesium.Do the hostages in Jack Ryan have Ebola?
In the previous episode of Amazon's Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Jack realized the hostages were the delivery system for the EVD-27 Ebola strain.Jack Ryan - Main Theme
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