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Entries from May 2008

LAX Implements Rapiscan Screening Machines

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Los Angeles International Airport implements new Rapiscan 620 DV machines that provide better high resolution color X-ray images. High definition screening improves screeners’ ability to recognize hidden suspicious objects like Improvised Explisive Devices (IED), weapons, etc. The machines come with a steep price tag of $125,000. The machines allow to take images from multiple angles. [...]

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Tags: Airport Security

Oil Choke Points: Impact of Terrorist Attack

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Chakib Khelil, OPEC’s president, delivered on Monday a gloomy forecast: economic factors could drive oil to $200. Terrorist attack of the oil tanker at one of the oil shipping choke points may put world to the brink of economic crisis. A handful of oil choke points are of strategic importance for the global energy [...]

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Tags: Maritime Security

BWI Tests New Screening Technologies

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) tests the following new screening technologies for operational efficiency: Millimeter Wave technology used in random continuous mode, multi-view X-ray and liquid bottle scanners.

London’s plot has exposed an urgent need for more effective security screening to address an increasing variety of threats. Many technologies engaging different spectrum ranges from radio [...]

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Tags: Airport Security