| >The modern, advanced x-ray systems are not available to the general public. As to how exactly they are controlled, I'm not sure. Sure they are not something that you can buy at the market around the corner, and surely they would not be cheap, but they can surely be bought by (say) financial institutions, banks, etc. (i.e. not only by airports, and public/international airports). Now, if you can be sure that no bank (or other private financial institution) nor privately owned airport or port (or similar) worldwide may have some connections with the "bad guys" it's all fine and dandy, otherwise my previous note still stands. I don't doubt that - as you report - the alarm may have been "triggered" by the stealing (or however vanishing) of the said machine, but from this to consider it "logic" there is a huge step. At least the last few times I have flown (not to the US that may well have much different and more sophisticated devices) here in Europe I saw everywhere Gilardoni scanners (said to be among the best at least in Europe), like the ones published on their pages: http://www.gilardoni.it/en_scanner-a-raggi-x.asp And are you really sure-sure that all the scanners you can find on alibaba are tat much oudated? https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?SearchText=x-ray+scanne... It doesn't seem to me like shopping for cruise missiles or the like ... |