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Originally Posted by goof2
As I understand it plastic explosives can be detected with x-ray machines.
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yes, but it is very similar to a host of other substances, like peanut butter. The xray will pick out the stuff that is similar in denisty to the more popular explosives. Some of the more advanced xray machines will look for shapes, materials and sharp edges too. What teh xray machine builder have been doing in recent years is to limit the false positives that they produce.
The problem comes with the stupid rules the tsa has. Want to bring c4 on a plane,? Very easy. Put it inside a jar of peanut butter and seal it. Since it is sealed they cannot open it to see if it is peanut butter, since it is food not liquid they havnt banned it. Wanna bring on nitroglycerin? Or even your own bottle of water? Put a label on it that says saline solution, they cant test it because it is considered medicine.
When I came back from afganistan, and even more recently after carrying ammunition in my army back pack that I use for almost everything, including as carry on luggage on a plane. I have been swab tested a few times, and came up positive, all they can do is look through your stuff to see if you have anything, they find nothing and you go free on your flight with explosive, or in my case gun powder residue on your luggage. All I ever did is tell them that I transported ammo in my bag.
If your name is on the terror watch list its super easy to get on a flight. Use a stolen credit card to buy a real ticket, check in with that at the airport. The airline checks the stolen credit card name vs the terrorist list so the ticket can get you on the plane without a problem. You just need to show ID that matches that ticket to get past security. To do that just make a fake ticket with your real name go through security and use the real ticket with the stolen name to get on the plane. When it comes time to attack the plane remove the dissassmbled gun, knife, or explosives from your anus or vag where the backscatter machine cant see, and have at it on the plane.
The whole system is deigned to be smoke and mirrors to scare off the average joe-wannabe terrorist out to make a name for himself.