Radiation Scanning Gear Operating in Djibouti -- Global Security NewswireDjibouti and the United States on Wednesday formally marked the deployment of equipment in the African state to scan shipping containers for smuggled nuclear and radiological material, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced (see GSN, Dec. 11, 2008).
The system entered use at the Port of Djibouti in March, and the nation's coast guard is handling any alert raised by the equipment.
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My Comment: A good chunk of the world's shipping goes by Djibouti every day. It is a strategic bottleneck that can be used to spot ships transporting nuclear materials (i.e. a nuclear bomb).
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