Wouldn’t ms require actual mass of material? Volatiles, sure, but how many magnesium ions do we have free floating that doesn’t have an organic source?
Also ms is expensive af. Tax dollars folks.
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PR3CiSiON@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoTSA is moving away from ion mobility detection to mass spec detection. Mass specs are great at detecting it.
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ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m doubtful that this would solve anything, because for example in the case of Israel, the explosives went through multiple independent security theatres, and the PETN still successfully arrived at the victims. Like, if it happens once, okay, maybe it’s a fluke, but if it happens multiple times throughout the supply chain and every single time it’s A-okay, that’s a problem. Israel heavily relied on regular commercial transport for their bombs. There were countless instances where they could have been stopped, but they weren’t. And that is a worrying signal.
And even if all explosives would be detected with perfect accuracy, from now on, it still would be vulnerable to other points of attack. Just pay off a throwaway goon squad, let them smuggle ceramic weapons in their trousers into an aeroplane, and there you go. And I do believe Mossad and the FSB can come up with better ideas than that. IMO, there needs to be a more effective alternative, than this security theater nonsense.