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Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:41 PM PDT
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration plans to test
using a private vendor next year to expand its expedited-security program at
airports, Administrator John Pistole said. Consumers who aren’t part of an
airline frequent-flier program would be able to pay a vendor a fee to undergo
a security check based on criteria set by the agency, [...]
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TSA to Test Private Vendor to Help Speed U.S. Airport Checks |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:34 PM PDT
A British terror cell allegedly planned to buy five AK47 assault
rifles by borrowing £100,000 in loans, a court heard. The alleged ringleader
of a British jihadist group, Irfan Naseer, boasted how he could buy a grenade
for £1,500 and a M16 assault rifle. [...] The al-Qaeda inspired gang, from
Birmingham, is accused of plotting [...]
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This British Terror Cell Allegedly Tried To Take Out Loans For AK-47 Rifles |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:16 PM PDT
The Telegraph reports that, speaking in London, Yukiya Amano of
the International Atomic Energy Agency, said groups efforts to build a dirty
bomb were becoming “more professional”. It was particularly worrying, he
said, that smuggling networks had hold of technology to evade sophisticated
monitoring equipment designed to prevent proliferation of radioactive
material. “Terrorists having access [...]
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Terrorists acquire nuclear container to smuggle uranium – Telegraph |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2012 04:46 AM PDT
A new weapon being developed by Boeing hopes to defeat targets
without actually destroying them. Instead, it uses a powerful microwave burst
to disable electronic devices as it flies overhead. Researchers at Boeing’s
Phantom Works succeeded last week when tests of their new weapon proved it to
be even more potent than expected. They call [...]
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Boeing’s new missile takes down electronics without touching them |
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