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Report: Terrorist Bombs, Not Missiles, the Deadliest Threat

Steve Scott

Monday, October 4th, 2004

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Equipping airliners with defensive systems against terrorist surface-to-air missile attacks may be the one of the least efficient ways to spend aviation security dollars, according to a RAND Corp. study. A potentially more life-saving approach would be to speed up passenger processing to shorten lines of people highly vulnerable to terrorist attacks from bombs or gunfire. The study assayed a wide range of potential threats to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), focusing on 11 scenarios that were the most likely,…

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