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Originally Posted by Ghost
Really, I don't get the point with that huge lobby. If someone blows a bomb infront of the building, there's many more worries than the hole tower coming down (smoke for example) and I don't think that base is gonna help with those. Plus I think it's ugly, but hey, that's just my opinion.
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The base is meant to protect the occupants of the tower against a explosive attack whether from the outside or in. A vehicle cannot be driven into a lobby, and a dentonation outside pr inside by a man-portable explosive device would not have disasterous effects on the occupants due to the stand-off distance and protection provided by the pedestal.
It's meant to protect the tower, outside of it the vulnerabilities a greater and mitgated primarily by stand-off distance and surveillance.
Nontheless, if a explosive device is used, there are going to be casualties no matter what.