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Re:Emirates airline bans pagers and walkie-talkies after dev... by killingtime74 on Sunday October 06, 2024 @12:06AM (#41754669)
I would have not much faith in that. They only randomly do the swab tests for explosive traces from what I've seen.

Presumably the explosives were well hidden and might not even trigger these scanners.

TSA is famous for not identifying the majority of weapons: https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-...

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Re:Emirates airline bans pagers and walkie-talkies after dev... by wkat4242 on Sunday October 06, 2024 @03:12AM (#41755375)
The thing is, these explosives were meant to be hidden. I'm sure the swabbing and scanning would not work because Hezbollah would have access to the same tech.

It's a bit different from other military uses that are more open.

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