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Anonymous Coward User ID: 856145 United States 01/03/2010 01:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Won't be long before we arm our commercial planes with air-to-surface missiles, and give body cavity searches to all paying customers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 843124Israel is already installing anti missile technology to their passenger aircraft. [link to www.haaretz.com] Last update - 21:37 15/02/2006 El Al Airlines installs anti-missile systems on passenger aircraft By Reuters El Al Israel Airlines has installed anti-missiles systems on its passenger aircraft, completing an overhaul launched after a 2002 attempt to shoot down a plane, security sources said on Wednesday. They said the "Flight Guard", an Israeli-made system costing around $1 million per unit, was operational on the entire El Al fleet. It was not immediately clear if this applied to five planes leased by El Al as well as its own 29 aircraft. El Al, Israel's national carrier and largest airline, declined to comment, saying it did not discuss security issues. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 843124 United States 01/03/2010 02:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to news.bbc.co.uk] Gordon Brown promises full body scanners at UK airports Person being scanned Full body scanners remove the need for "pat-down" searches Prime Minister Gordon Brown has given the go-ahead for full body scanners to be introduced at Britain's airports. BAA, which runs six UK airports, said it would now install the machines "as soon as is practical" at Heathrow. Experts have questioned the scanners' effectiveness at detecting the type of bomb allegedly used on Christmas Day in an attempted plane attack over Detroit. But Mr Brown said it was essential to "go further" than the current technology allowed. Hand luggage checks Speaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr show, the prime minister said the government would do everything in its power to tighten security and prevent a repeat of the US attack. Brown on Yemen threat and airport security Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is now in custody, is accused of trying to detonate a bomb on a plane bound for the US. Mr Brown said travellers would see the "gradual" introduction of the use of full body scanners and hand luggage checks for traces of explosives. He added transit passengers as well as transfer passengers would undergo these checks. Currently, not everyone has to pass through full body scanners already introduced at some major airports overseas - particularly if they are in transit from another country - due to concerns about cost and time delays. A spokesman for BAA said: "It is our view that a combination of technology, intelligences and passenger profiling will help build a more robust defence against the unpredictable and changing nature of the terrorist threat to aviation." He said nothing had been decided yet on exactly which passengers would undergo the full body scans. A computer screen showing the results of a full body scan Electromagnetic waves are beamed onto passengers to create a 3-D image And he declined to give specific details about timing or comment on extending the use of scanners to other airports, costs or the potential for passenger delays. 'Strip search' The government's move has been largely welcomed by the Liberal Democrats. But home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne did say the scanners could have been rolled out sooner as they had been kept in storage since being trialled. Philip Baum, editor of Aviation Security International, said scanners were not the only solution and profiling passengers was, in fact, the best way to prevent terrorist acts. "We've got to face the fact that you can build a bomb in the duty free shop, after you've gone through screening. Bearing that in mind, we need to look at what people's intent is, not what they are carrying on their person." On Friday, Gordon Brown announced he had ordered a review of existing security measures, and advisers are expected to report within days. The £80,000 full body scanners, which produce "naked" images of passengers, remove the need for "pat down" searches. They work by beaming electromagnetic waves on to passengers while they stand in a booth. A virtual three-dimensional image is then created from the reflected energy. Some have voiced concerns about privacy, with campaigners saying they are tantamount to a "strip search". The machines are currently being trialled at Manchester airport following tests at Heathrow airport from 2004 to 2008. They are also being rolled out across the US, with 40 machines used at 19 airports. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 843124 United States 01/03/2010 02:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Won't be long before we arm our commercial planes with air-to-surface missiles, and give body cavity searches to all paying customers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 856145Israel is already installing anti missile technology to their passenger aircraft. [link to www.haaretz.com] Last update - 21:37 15/02/2006 El Al Airlines installs anti-missile systems on passenger aircraft By Reuters El Al Israel Airlines has installed anti-missiles systems on its passenger aircraft, completing an overhaul launched after a 2002 attempt to shoot down a plane, security sources said on Wednesday. They said the "Flight Guard", an Israeli-made system costing around $1 million per unit, was operational on the entire El Al fleet. It was not immediately clear if this applied to five planes leased by El Al as well as its own 29 aircraft. El Al, Israel's national carrier and largest airline, declined to comment, saying it did not discuss security issues. Some how I'm not surprised. Have you heard of them ever using their weapons system while passengers were on board? |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 843124 United States 01/03/2010 02:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So if these scanners won't pick up light plastics and liquids, why in the hell are they putting them in every airport? Quoting: zacksavageKA-CHING$$$$$ and Control!!! Z Well god damn it. I hope this story getting out will raise at least a few high level objections to this invasive technology. |