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Costly virtual border fence in tatters
Los Angeles Times ^ | October 22, 2010 | Brian Bennett

Posted on 05/19/2016 11:56:30 AM PDT by Will88

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To: Will88

Put up double fence and patrol it 24/7. Make Mexico pay.


21 posted on 05/19/2016 12:20:47 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: Will88

Put up double fence and patrol it 24/7. Make Mexico pay.


22 posted on 05/19/2016 12:20:48 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: Will88

I see a market for autonomous armed patrol drones here.


23 posted on 05/19/2016 12:22:11 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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Some politicians will probably start playing the virtual fence game just as they played the “I oppose amnesty” word game for years when they had no intention of enforcing immigration law or deporting illegal aliens.

Those who might start advocating a virtual fence will want no border control, just as in the past.


24 posted on 05/19/2016 12:24:53 PM PDT by Will88
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To: jdege; Will88

Why ask me, “why post it now”. Will88 posted it and his comment #1 explains why.

I think Obama killed the previous virtual fence, not because it wasn’t working but because it didn’t fit his ideology.

I think we should put back in place what George W had in place and refine it until it works perfectly.

Plus we should have predators (armed or unarmed) in the air at all times on our southern border. They should monitor for active breaches, pending breaches, as well as unusual activity from houses and facilities for 10 miles next to the border. (Think tunnels)

And then we should deploy the Israeli tunnel detection systems and refine them as well.

I’m for both physical and virtual walls. And I’m for impeaching judges that are deliberately sabotaging the system. (Not saying that they are, but a review should be held.)


25 posted on 05/19/2016 12:26:48 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Will88

Question for Anyone:

How do you protect against deep tunnels under the Trump Wall?


26 posted on 05/19/2016 12:28:31 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (Still a Cruz Fan but voting for Trump)
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How do you protect against deep tunnels under the Trump Wall?

Thinly veiled anti wall propaganda?

27 posted on 05/19/2016 12:30:53 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Hey, here it is. JEB favors a virtual fence so we know that just has to be a great idea. Right?

Jeb: 'Virtual Fence' Can Be 'Quite Effective'

From May 19, 2016

Jeb Bush says Donald Trump's plan for a border wall isn't as feasible as a "virtual fence" that includes technology in areas where the terrain make a wall impossible.

Welll, there it is. Why didn't we think to ask JEB first, because we know if anyone in American is serious about securing the border, it's JEB

28 posted on 05/19/2016 12:32:09 PM PDT by Will88
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A 30 foot high reinforced concrete wall 6 feet thick with a 30 foot deep foundation would take a LONG time to be reduced to tatters.


29 posted on 05/19/2016 12:32:38 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Will88
I always thought it was just a diversion by W who had no intention of securing the border. It was abandoned early in the Obama administration after a couple of billion had been wasted.

Bush and his buddies over at the Crony Chamber of Commerce had no intention of ever securing the border. The GOPee party depends on the continuation of cheap unskilled labor, just like the RAT party depends on this demographic for new voters.
30 posted on 05/19/2016 12:33:03 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Uncle Miltie

What is the fence in the background?


31 posted on 05/19/2016 12:34:20 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: Will88

I would guess that the Israelis know all about this and we could learn myriads from them.


32 posted on 05/19/2016 12:34:21 PM PDT by Bellflower (It's not that there isn't any evidence of God, it's that everything is evidence of God.)
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To: chasio649

W needs to pay restitution.


33 posted on 05/19/2016 12:34:55 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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How do you protect against deep tunnels under the Trump Wall?

100% border security is not possible. If we could get up to 97% or greater security, that would be satisfactory.

Sonar or similar technology might detect some tunnels, and then we'd have to depend on local law enforcement and the BP to detect strange activity that might indicate a tunnel exit on the US side.

Doubt we'd ever get any help from the Mexican side.

34 posted on 05/19/2016 12:39:11 PM PDT by Will88
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To: central_va

Hire the Isrealis...


35 posted on 05/19/2016 12:41:50 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: Bellflower
I would guess that the Israelis know all about this and we could learn myriads from them.

We could learn a lot if we can elect a president who desires to learn about effective border security. We haven't had such a president since, I guess, Eisenhower.

36 posted on 05/19/2016 12:41:55 PM PDT by Will88
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To: InterceptPoint

“How do you protect against deep tunnels under the Trump Wall?”

Consult with Israel and follow their advice, of course.


37 posted on 05/19/2016 12:43:03 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To get it moving, Click it!

38 posted on 05/19/2016 12:43:04 PM PDT by JustAmy (Just Because!)
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To: catnipman
A 30 foot high reinforced concrete wall 6 feet thick with a 30 foot deep foundation would take a LONG time to be reduced to tatters.

Lol, that might be a little too ambitious. Maybe about half those dimensions.

39 posted on 05/19/2016 12:43:57 PM PDT by Will88
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40 posted on 05/19/2016 12:44:50 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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