Out of all airports I have ever traveled through, Istanbul had the highness security. This was before 9/11. One wonders how much more of a pain in the rear increased security our airports will take to prevent attacks like the one in Turkey.
If you can drive up to an airport terminnal, it is wide open to attack.
If you can drive to an area where you casn see the terminal, it is wide open to attack.
Remote parking, remote screening and secure buses to the terminal can slow this down, but it won’t stop it, either. The attacks will just shift to where folks gather for screening, or ground transport.
While watching the videos of the attack last night one thing struck me. After the one suicide bomber was shot in the hip and his gun flew across the floor one of the security personnel walked over, saw the vest and ran. One well place shot to the head could have prevented that one explosion.
Well, considering that our "security" measures are not for actual security but rather (a) the appearance of security, and (b) the cultivation of an unthinking submissive-to-authority mindset I can't really say... but I suspect anything that comes from it.