American airports are still struggling with the introduction of security measures, such as the X-raying of hand-baggage, that have been commonplace in Europe for years.

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The one-two punch of identifying the critical decisions and then X-raying them to determine specific fixes helped Nike get the new matrix working without missing a beat in performance.

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After X-raying and wiggling 194 cables (which adds up to 6, 056 meetings of copper and connecting pins), they found four loose wires that perform crucial command, control and pyrotechnic functions.

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