The Avascent Group

Mind the Gap: Aviation Security Trends Since 9/11

January 11 2010

Despite major changes to the nation's aviation security system since September 11, 2001, the United States remains vulnerable to large-scale terrorist attacks on civil aviation. These vulnerabilities are particularly disconcerting given continued terrorist fixation on civil aviation targets, as evidenced most recently by the foiled London based plot to destroy commercial airliners en route over the Atlantic Ocean.

Author(s): Daryle Lademan