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New R&D initiative : Terror Prevention Goes Sci-Fi
Der Spiegel ^
| 09/25/2006
| Andrea Brandt
Posted on 09/26/2006 1:45:27 AM PDT by Republicain
How do you detect a suicide bomber from afar? It's as easy as testing the air above his head for traces of explosives. How do you do that? A new german government program is working on a method along with numerous other high-tech, anti-terror systems.
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: germany; rd; terrorism; terrorprevention
To: Republicain
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It's as easy as testing the air above his head for traces of explosives. I couldn't get to the rest of the article, but I presume they're talking about sniffing for nitrates... which doesn't do a bit of good with other explosives that don't use nitrate compounds.
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posted on
09/26/2006 2:26:09 AM PDT
by
Outland
(Socialism IS the enemy.)
To: Republicain
IMO all airports should swarm with good old fashioned bomb sniffing dogs. Just their presence is a huge deterrant.
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posted on
09/26/2006 3:26:13 AM PDT
by
tkathy
(Einstein: Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.)
To: Republicain
How do you detect a suicide bomber from afar?
*Frantically raises hand and waves it* I KNOW, I KNOW!!! If he's a single male, Muslim, between the ages of 17 and 40!!!*beams in pride*
See? No fancy, high-tech devices, just simple logic and some necessary profiling so we can stop searching grannies and 4 year-old girls.
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posted on
09/26/2006 4:11:41 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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