Fergie's Tech Blog

Defense Tech: Homeland Security 2.0?

Via Businessweek.com.

Few if any of the 68,000 rabid Philadelphia Eagles fans arriving for last Sunday's National Football League playoff game against the New York Giants knew that they had been scanned by one of the latest high-tech anti-terrorism tools.

Pennsylvania security officials deployed radiation probes at the gates of Lincoln Financial Field to stop terrorists from sneaking in a homemade nuclear device that could kill thousands. Personnel on the grounds carried even more-sensitive equipment.

posted by Fergie @ 1/17/2007 11:00:00 AM