Technology to Combat Terror Aims for Market Security: Explosive Detection Stirling-Based Company Calls On Government to Fund Development of Scanning Equipment for Airports

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TECHNOLOGY that detects liquid and other types of explosives carried by passengers could be installed in British airports within two years if the UK government dedicates more funding to the problem.

That claim comes from Stirling-based Cascade Technologies, which has already developed a laser-based system that is able to identify the signature of two explosive compounds within milliseconds and distinguish them from other gases and vapours in a laboratory environment.

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Technology to Combat Terror Aims for Market Security: Explosive Detection Stirling-Based Company Calls On Government to Fund Development of Scanning Equipment for Airports

It is envisaged such a sensor would be capable of detecting explosives like the TATP compound reported to have been part of the recent terror plots on the London Underground and the failed attem...

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