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You realized there has been a complete overhaul in equipment since 2017?

In your citation: In the public hearing today on Capitol Hill, members pushed for the full implementation of a program using new scanning equipment that creates a 3-D image of bags, giving screeners better ability to spot possibly dangerous items

Those new scanners are in 255 of the nations 432 airports

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/19/new-airport-scanner...



Yes, and it's not the scanners that fail.

Scanner upgrades are mostly effective against weapon smuggling, not carrying on board by determined team.




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