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Supergarvis

11/06/08 12:43 PM

#29818 RE: lyneth19 #29812

Its just a question of time lyneth...we have unique products...

No others products exist like Newscan or Uniscan...Thats it !

And we dont talk to the StealthSensor and RadSafe yet...WOW !!
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Pennypicks

11/06/08 2:07 PM

#29835 RE: lyneth19 #29812

TSA 03 November 2008 - 30 largest airports to eventually have such detectors


US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) representatives at the security conference said that incoming air cargo is currently being screened by means of radiation detectors at the nation's airports to try to prevent terrorists from smuggling radioactive bombs into the US.
According to TSA sources, detectors recently began checking packages at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC. Four more major airports will be equipped with radiation detectors by the end of the year. The plan calls for the nation's 30 largest airports to eventually have such detectors.
Lufthansa Cargo representatives at the conference said that airlines are unable to bear the costs of implementing stricter security checks alone, and shippers and agents need to lend a hand. The carrier urged the government to share some of the costs.
Howard Safir, former New York City police commissioner and presently chief executive officer of Safir Rosetti described Lufthansa Cargo's security measures as "gold standards". "Lufthansa aircraft are not likely to be targets because terrorists look for soft targets with maximum devastation," he said. However, Safir warned that passenger aircraft as well as freighters face the same threat. "A cargo aircraft that crashes into a huge building can cause the same devastation as a passenger aircraft. An aircraft with tens of thousands of gallons of fuel is in itself a weapon of mass destruction," he explained.
Responding to the complaints that the new security measures would be a drain on resources, Safir said: "People complain of the costs in implementing security measures but think of the costs of not having security."
Nevertheless, most participants expected a realistic approach to be taken by the TSA when implementing their next set of security measures because the costs of upgrading security are so high that poor countries simply cannot afford it.
Edward Kelly, general manager for air cargo at the TSA, said that cargo would be screened at piece level prior to loading on the aircraft. "Not everything is done by X-ray machines," he said. "TSA was also deploying canines and is in the process of harmonising measures and procedures to enhance global aviation security measures.'