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A 26-year-old billionaire is building virtual border walls — and the federal government is buying
MSN News ^ | July 29, 2019 | Sam Dean, The Los Angeles Times

Posted on 07/29/2019 11:33:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

On a Friday afternoon in late July, a crowd of techies, military types and a few civilians deployed to the new Irvine, Calif., headquarters of Anduril Industries, a defense tech start-up, to sip hibiscus margaritas and admire the sensor towers and carbon-fiber drones on display. Dave Brubeck tinkled over the sound system, and the dress code skewed office casual and pastel, offset by the bright red pop of a lone “Make America Great Again” hat by the taco bar.

After an hour of socializing amid surveillance equipment, Palmer Luckey, the company’s 26-year-old near-billionaire founder, mounted a stage for the ribbon-cutting. Luckey had wanted to use the company’s namesake sword — a legendary weapon in “The Lord of the Rings” wielded by the hero Aragorn — for the ceremony. A replica of the movie prop hangs on the wall in the office, dramatically underlit with a purple bulb. But Luckey had just gotten back from his honeymoon and hadn’t had time to sharpen it.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: border; dontbelievethehype; drones; technology
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To: Tired of Taxes

Great interview video link thank you..!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Luckey

This guy is an amazing ball of energy, maybe the only guy at FaceBook I wouldn’t want to kill.

He’s conservative, too, geniunely. Something pretty amazing at his former FaceBook.

Looking forward to yuge thinks from Palmer.


21 posted on 07/30/2019 6:19:23 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: rigelkentaurus
many illegals just want to get one foot into in the US, and turn themselves in. A physical wall prevents that from happening.

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but would the wall not necessarily be built on US soil? I.e. away from the actual border? They'd then still get into the US, so if that was the goal, the wall would be a mere inconvenience. (Or perhaps provide some welcome shade while they wait to be picked up...)

22 posted on 07/30/2019 6:20:17 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: Dagnabitt

Can’t a virtual wall be turned off like flipping the switch on a light? What happens with open when boarders types are in control?


23 posted on 07/30/2019 6:24:37 AM PDT by excalibur21
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Boeing virtual fence from a few years ago was a scam and failure.


24 posted on 07/30/2019 6:34:25 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wonder if I can get rich selling Virtual Condoms, Virtual Bullets and Virtual Shoes...


25 posted on 07/30/2019 3:41:08 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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