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GAO Says Shipping-Port Nuclear Weapon Detectors May Not Be As Reliable As DHS Tests Suggest

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Monday, November 3rd, 2008

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has used figures that may suggest a new type of nuclear weapons detectors is more reliable than warranted, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated in a report to Congress. To be sure, the GAO report didn't find that screening detectors installed at shipping ports are unable to detect nuclear weapons or materials secreted within cargo containers. Rather, the watchdog agency found that test results may overstate the competence and reliability of those sensor systems…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

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Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

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