[Retric]

That’s assuming you can’t say detonate a bomb inside the cargo thus resulting in vastly longer section falling down.

Space elevators are inherently create a new safety risk as cutting them at geosynchronous orbit only takes compromising some security and building a modest bomb. Both of which are achievable by terrorist organizations.

[Retric]

Accidentally deleted a bit: Space elevators are inherently a means to reach orbit so they create …

PS: 911 didn’t happen because terrorists suddenly figured out how to build giant aircraft to douse buildings in tons of jet fuel they subverted an existing system that solved 99.9% of the technical problems. Thus by getting a few violent individuals on board with simple weapons simplified things to only needed to fly an aircraft that someone else built, got into the air, and filled with fuel.

[seanc]

That's true-ish, but don't forget that a space elevator is also an enormous amount of orbiting mass all on it's own. So a small bomb can cause it all to come down and wrap around the planet twice.