well beyond that. ten years ago when the war on terrorrer really started and began to heat up in the middle east for us and in certain areas, for example in afghanistan, we ve moved from those smaller-type drones that can only go up in some cases for just a few hours to ones that can stay up for weeks at a time. you re looking at northrop s x47b, this is more like a military fighter jet. it can carry the same payload as a military fighter jet. it is planned to take off and land on an aircraft carrier. that is something that is difficult for a pirated craft let alone one that is pilotless. boeing has a phantom ray. there s is going in for test flights in the coming month. its the same type of fighter jet unmanned aerial systems that are controlled basically by a mouse. you don t have somebody sitting there with a joy stick any more, it s a point and click-type of
airlines are required to screen or inspect all cargo on passenger planes flying within the u.s. or leaving the u.s. for other countries, but security measures on screening cargo differs from country to country. when it comes to cargo coming into the u.s. on a passenger airline from another country, well, only 65% of cargo coming into the u.s. is screened. and when it comes to cargo only airlines, well, the rules for passenger airlines do not apply, and really depends on the shipper and their own security programs. and times for passengers on a flight that started in dubai because it concerns over of mail bomb threats. the emirates earl flights had a military fighter jet escorted them to jfk airport. there was no known threat to passengers on that flight, but still, folks were pretty shaken up. the mood on the plane was not tense. nothing, nothing unusual. did you know about the fighter jets while you were on