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So now, if a woman were so inclined, she could carry sharp objects or other weapons between her breasts, and they would never be found. While I'm not a fan of most of the "security" measures taken post 9/11, the fact is most of those planes were hijacked with pens and box cutters - items that can easily go between a pair of boobs. So when the metal detector goes off, and then they swipe the thing in front of you chest and it beeps... "It's my underwire."
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The box cutters were effective weapons only because the passengers on the hijacked planes were working under the assumption that the plane would land somewhere and negotiations would begin. Nobody, with good reason, thought the planes themselves would be the weapon used to attack the United States.
If a group of people were to hijack a plane today with box cutters and pens, the hijackers would not live to see the plane land. Everyone is aware now that the usual 'rules' do not apply - sitting and waiting for the best isn't an option.
Keeping fingernail clippers and pen knives off planes is not increasing the security of flying. These security measures are a waste of time and money.