Re: USN Intercepts SRBM fired from Hawaii

On Nov 5, 2:48 am, Juergen Nieveler <juergen.nieveler.nos...@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Roger Conroy" <rogerconroy.nos...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Does FedEx (and other such companies) have a system for detecting
bombs (nuke or otherwise) at their sorting centers? Can a modern nuke
be reliably detected with a geiger counter, scintillometer or similar
"ordinary" equipment if it's hidden in a container of whatever random
other materials. How about conventional explosives and incendiary
chemicals - are commercially available "sniffers" good enough?

Well, you'd probably not send it with normal mail, in a gift-wrapped
box.

A container would be much easier - a nuke is fairly heavy, but
containers are supposed to be heave. And in a container you could use
shielding.

AFAIK DHS does operate scanners etc. in ports to check for nuclear
material - but then again, if you can come up with a good cover story
that explains a cargo of heavily wrapped midly radioactive stuff
("medical equipment", for example), you might as well pass unnoticed.

Juergen Nieveler
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I don't know how they are operating now but if I were DHS I would
treat every "logical" but illogical shipment , ie medical equipment
from a country that doesn't produce or sell medical equipment, with
great interest. Down to requesting drawings of the device within and
perhaps an eyeball inspection. There have been some very original
tries at smuggling narcotics and a wise Homeland Security
establishment would/should treat every suspicious case as suspicious
to the point of inspection.
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