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Special Sheriff’s Unit Scans Incoming Ships For Radioactive Material At LA Ports
cbs2la ^ | 05/03/2017 | Jennifer Kastner

Posted on 05/04/2017 8:33:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin

For the first time, a news crew has been allowed to fly in a helicopter that circles the city’s incoming cargo ships, scanning for illegal radioactive material that could be smuggled in by sea.

It’s a fear that’s heightened as North Korea pushes on with its nuclear testing, posing a serious security threat to the U.S.

A video that recently surfaced from North Korea state-run media showed a screening of what appeared to be a fictional nuclear annihilation of San Francisco. And adding yet more uncertainty: the future of the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran.

Of all the ports in the country, Los Angeles is the busiest, putting it at real risk.

(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: radioactivematerial

1 posted on 05/04/2017 8:33:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
This is our future: a fleet of drones that are managed by the harbormaster and programmed to venture out to all incoming freighters and do a scan for ionizing radiation and sniff for various nitrogens.

Any ship that messes with the drone is denied entry into the port.

2 posted on 05/04/2017 8:37:22 AM PDT by corkoman
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To: BenLurkin

I was part of the team that was testing this technology while at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.


3 posted on 05/04/2017 9:06:57 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: BenLurkin

Why in God’s name are we announcing this in the media?


4 posted on 05/04/2017 9:24:19 AM PDT by montag813
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To: BenLurkin

NOKO subs lying offshore with missiles will be the threat.


5 posted on 05/04/2017 9:26:22 AM PDT by Don Corleone (.leave the gun, take the canolis, take it to the mattress.)
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To: BenLurkin

Interesting. LASD doing the Feds job at the port. Can they lend a hand to ICE too ?


6 posted on 05/04/2017 9:36:07 AM PDT by moehoward
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