While most of the European Union is still debating whether or not to implement full-body scanners, the United States now plans to fill half the nation’s airports with the new security systems in 2011.
The $215 million project comes at the heels of the Christmas Day bomb scare, and has been the largest security revamp since the country’s reaction to the attacks on September 11, 2001.
In addition to the 450 already planned to enter this year, the Transportation Security Administration just announced its plans to include 500 more machines in the next year. Currently, there are only 40 body scanners in 29 airports in the US.
