Sentences with phrase «backscatter scanners»

Airport security breaches on and after 9/11 have led to the continual advancement of technologies such as millimeter wave imaging and backscatter scanners to prevent future tragedies

Not exact matches

Although backscatter and millimeter wave scanners might have given screeners cause to be suspicious of an underwear bomb, neither are used in all airports, and passengers concerned about exposure to radiation can often opt to instead be frisked by security personnel.]

Would backscatter x-ray machines or millimeter wave scanners deployed at many airports have been effective in spotting the new underwear bomb?

In early November 2010, the Transportation Safety Administration began forcing air travelers to submit to a nude body scanner (also known as «AIT devices,» or «backscatter x-rays») or accept an «enhanced pat - down.»