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Articles
The Ever-changing Airport Security Challenge
This article provides a historical background to the latest security challenges facing airports and the wider airline industry.
This article provides a historical background to the latest security challenges facing airports and the wider airline industry.
Closing the loophole in airport cargo security
Security on commercial flights is being compromised by the vulnerability of air cargo, writes Christopher Boucek.
Security on commercial flights is being compromised by the vulnerability of air cargo, writes Christopher Boucek.
Airborne terrorism: from traditional to catastrophic
A study of the ways in which the nature of in-flight terrorism changed with the events of 11 September 2001
A study of the ways in which the nature of in-flight terrorism changed with the events of 11 September 2001
At Risk from Air Travel
Monitor looks at how well the contagious diseases contingencies plans in place at Glasgow Airport coped with twenty-seven passengers falling ill on a plane returning from the Caribbean.
Monitor looks at how well the contagious diseases contingencies plans in place at Glasgow Airport coped with twenty-seven passengers falling ill on a plane returning from the Caribbean.
Protective Security for the London Underground?
the challenge the UK now faces is to strike the right balance between securing the transport system to prevent repeats of the events of 7 and 21 July 2005 and maintaining the ability of the transport system to support our society.
the challenge the UK now faces is to strike the right balance between securing the transport system to prevent repeats of the events of 7 and 21 July 2005 and maintaining the ability of the transport system to support our society.
Pedestrian suicide attacks: managing the threat
Garth Whitty explores the security response to pedestrian suicide terrorism
Garth Whitty explores the security response to pedestrian suicide terrorism
Commentary
Situation Critical?
As of Wednesday, 4 July, the current threat level in the UK remains at Critical, having been raised to this, the highest of five possible levels, on Saturday 30 June following failed car bomb attacks on Central London and Glasgow Airport.
As of Wednesday, 4 July, the current threat level in the UK remains at Critical, having been raised to this, the highest of five possible levels, on Saturday 30 June following failed car bomb attacks on Central London and Glasgow Airport.
UK Car Bombs: Timing the Attacks
The UK narrowly averted a series of potentially devastating attacks over the weekend in an apparently coordinated plan to detonate vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) in multiple locations.
The UK narrowly averted a series of potentially devastating attacks over the weekend in an apparently coordinated plan to detonate vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) in multiple locations.
Reporting the car bombs
They are astonishing pictures by any standards. From the moment the terrorists struck, in London and Glasgow, what happened was filmed – not by the press or the police, but by members of the public who happened to be in the right place at the right time.
They are astonishing pictures by any standards. From the moment the terrorists struck, in London and Glasgow, what happened was filmed – not by the press or the police, but by members of the public who happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Car Bombs: Inside Vehicle Borne Improvized Explosive Devices (VBIEDs)
In the early hours of Friday 29 June 2007 a sharp-eyed paramedic, attending an incident at a central London nightclub, reported a suspect vehicle to the Metropolitan Police.
In the early hours of Friday 29 June 2007 a sharp-eyed paramedic, attending an incident at a central London nightclub, reported a suspect vehicle to the Metropolitan Police.
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