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Record 1 2003-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Air Safety
CONT

Commercial cargo at Blaine travels through a new fourteen million-dollar facility. At this facility, a commercial truck with a container full of foreign goods can have its cargo cleared and entered into the U.S. in less than a minute. That same conveyance can be selected for inspection and required to back up to the loading dock or old to pull ahead to the mobile X-ray vehicle.

CONT

... we showed our immigration cards to pass on to the flight waiting room. Since we passed through all these points relatively quickly, we had to wait an hour or so before boarding. When it was finally time to board, we walked outside, ran our bags through a security X-ray vehicle, and proceeded to the jet.

Key term(s)
  • mobile X-rays vehicle
  • mobile X ray vehicle
  • mobile X rays vehicle
  • mobile truck X rays

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
CONT

[...] au 1-6-1999, la douane employait 20 005 agents, utilisait 23 avions, 8 hélicoptères, 68 bateaux, 2 216 véhicules dont 257 motos, 7 véhicules à rayons X, 2 camions de surveillance radar, 262 équipes «maître-chien» pour la détection des stupéfiants et des explosifs.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Experimental air vehicles, known as X-vehicles, have been significant tools in the advancement of aerospace science.

Key term(s)
  • X vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

La NASA a retenu Universal Space Lines Inc [...] pour le projet Bantam de mini-lanceur capable de placer sur orbite basse une charge utile de 180 kg [...] Le contrat [...] porte sur une étude d'une durée de six mois qui devrait déboucher sur un concept de démonstrateur en vol d'un lanceur à bas prix.

Spanish

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