Move Over X-ray: Millimeter is Wave of the Future for Homeland Security

Millimeter wave stand-off detection systems currently being developed under a contract from the Department of Homeland Security are designed to detect suicide bombers at a distance

There is a growing and critical need for the detection of person-borne improvised explosive devices (PBIEDS). A favored tactic due to its simplicity and low cost, suicide bombing creates maximum fear because the victims are randomly chosen, and in public areas such as schools, churches, hospitals, sports stadiums, bus or train stations, or other populated areas.

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