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U.S. Provides WMD Detection Equipment to Two Nations
The United States yesterday announced it has provided Jordan with a mobile X-ray unit to help intercept WMD-related items at its borders, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Aug. 17). “Advanced technology is critical to the effort to prevent the illegal trade in hazardous cargoes related to WMD,” said a statement by the U.S. Embassy in Amman, quoting the U.S. charge d’affaires David Hale at the handing-over ceremony. “The X-ray van provided ... to the Jordanian customs department is equipped with sophisticated detection devices that will increase the government’s ability to ensure Jordan’s trade with other countries is safe and secure.” The equipment was provided to Jordan under the State Department-funded U.S. Export Control Border Security program, the statement said (see GSN, June 10; Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, Oct. 3). Meanwhile, the United States has also provided radiation detectors to Turkmenistan’s customs and border services, the U.S. Embassy said Friday. The 80 radiation pagers, which detect gamma-ray radiation, were delivered earlier this week and are intended to improve the central Asian nation’s ability to detect and interdict nuclear materials, the embassy said in a statement. The pagers are hundreds of times more sensitive than traditional Geiger counter-type detectors, Associated Press reported (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Oct. 1).
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