Posted on 08/14/2020 4:16:49 PM PDT by BeauBo
The Trump administration wants to install floating border barriers that could be used to wall off river crossings and reservoirs along the international boundary with Mexico or extend U.S. fencing deeper into the sea, according to a new market solicitation posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Buoy Barrier System... would need to prevent swimmers from climbing onto it “and must include a component (such as an anti-dive mesh) that would impede incursions and/or breaching via underwater diving while minimizing debris buildup,” the solicitation states...
John Mennell, a CBP spokesman, said the purpose of the solicitation is to gather information from private industry about the feasibility of the project.
The U.S. Border Patrol, Mennell said in a statement, is seeking to “impede and deny illicit activity in waterways, including but not limited to rivers, lakes, and ponds, where use of traditional land-based barriers are not practical.”
The engineering and hydrological challenges of such a project would be significant. A floating barrier anchored in the river channel of the Rio Grande is likely to clog with flood debris during storms, and a system with underwater netting to block swimmers in the ocean could become choked with seaweed and other detritus...
“The water barriers are expected to improve agent safety by providing an added level of impedance, denial and deterrence in waterways at the immediate border,” Mennell said.
CBP wants the floating barrier system to allow agents to spot attempted breaches “and withstand attempted breaches against any sophisticated equipment designed to breach such a barrier,” the bulletin states.
In one indication of the structural challenges to keeping such a barrier from being swept away, the solicitation states that its anchoring system should be “rated to withstand up to 25 metric tons” of force.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Whatever the final design(s) end up being, I vote for a few rolls of concertina on top.
"Cochrane USA, a security company specializing in barrier design, manufactures a floating buoy system that purports to stop watercraft with “deadly hull-penetrating spikes.” The company’s floating marine barrier affords “no possible hand or foothold due to spikes and revolving buoys,” which spin 360 degrees in the water, according to the company’s website."
Example of the Rio Grande near Eagle pass, Texas:
Gators are nice.
I’m still thinking 100 yards south of the river works for me.
Sharks with laser beams attached to their heads.
Piranhas might work.
“Sharks with laser beams attached to their heads.”
It’s sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads
WOOOHOOO POTUS! WINNING. Not tired. More contagious than CoVid-19.
MAGAKAG
NO time for losers, looters, gropers and sniffers. Right JoeJoe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY
Dammit! You beat me to it.
Trump wants sharks with lasers, and Congress delivers angry sea bass.
Going to be hard to put those barriers over a lake.
Del Rio has Amistad, Eagle Pass has Falcon.
Send some PBRs up and down the river dropping concussion grenades every so often. More versatile than a fence that will be extremely vulnerable. PBRs would be a better deterrent IMHO.
“ Sharks with laser beams attached to their heads.”
Are they “ill tempered” sharks?
back up the floating wall with alligators and piranha.
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