re: #68 Thanos

Right. But most homes in the US have effective cheap CO2 and Smoke detectors. If we stop trying to do the perfect search passenger by passenger and look for the most common explosives in the airport air with simple detectors I suspect we would be doing more than that detector program did to ensure safety.

I fear then we would have suicide bombers going off with exotic vs. common explosives.

We could always start a company, make lots of donations to the right congresscritters, get a contract and build something to milspec to get it approved … whether it worked or not and then make lots of money …
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that seems to have been the process for the junk that’s now being phased out. Hopefully the next round will get some reliable equipment deployed.