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APNewsBreak: Border wall models thwart US commandos in tests
mysa ^ | Jan. 19, 2018 | Elliot Spagat

Posted on 01/19/2018 12:02:24 PM PST by bgill

Military special forces based in Florida and U.S. Customs and Border Protection special units three weeks trying to breach and scale the eight models in San Diego, using jackhammers, saws, torches and other tools and climbing devices, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was not authorized for public release. The report recommends combining elements of each, depending on the terrain. The official likened it to a Lego design, pulling pieces from different prototypes.

(Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderwall; immigration
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Lets get to building.
1 posted on 01/19/2018 12:02:24 PM PST by bgill
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To: bgill

Sounds good, let’s get started.


2 posted on 01/19/2018 12:04:41 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: bgill

But.. but... but... I thought they could just build a 16 foot ladder to scale a 15 foot wall...


3 posted on 01/19/2018 12:04:58 PM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: bgill

No wall design is complete without a cohort of medieval taunting French.


4 posted on 01/19/2018 12:08:45 PM PST by HombreSecreto (They never thought that she would lose - God had other plans)
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To: bgill

Can we have spec ops on the wall walking the line with shoot to kill orders?


5 posted on 01/19/2018 12:08:55 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: bgill

That takes care of “over” and “through”...What about “under”?


6 posted on 01/19/2018 12:11:30 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

There are 22 million illegals in America. Round them up to build the wall for nothing.


7 posted on 01/19/2018 12:11:35 PM PST by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: SuperLuminal

[ That takes care of “over” and “through”...What about “under”? ]

Well a bank vault don’t stop wire fraud, but it is still needed.

Perhapse the walls go down a bit and have sensors./


8 posted on 01/19/2018 12:23:16 PM PST by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: bgill

Excellent news that the companies they chose for the prototypes did a great job, also that must have been fun for the special forces to try, even if they didn’t succeed.


9 posted on 01/19/2018 12:24:49 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: bgill

Immigrants/trespassers will defeat it. They have a bigger incentive.


10 posted on 01/19/2018 12:28:59 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: SuperLuminal

Bury razor wire one foot deep, two feet away from the wall in each direction. That’ll at least slow them down.


11 posted on 01/19/2018 12:30:06 PM PST by cincinnati65
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To: bgill

Lost me on not authorized to release or whatever


12 posted on 01/19/2018 12:31:04 PM PST by easternsky
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To: SuperLuminal

A sorta-recent modification to a banking facility used fences going down, reportedly, about 18 feet. You would know the bank name, which I will not mention publicly nor in FReepmail (no one bother asking).

This depth thwarts all but the drug-smugglers and a few others, but takes care of most amateurs. This facility needed high-security hence the depth.


13 posted on 01/19/2018 12:31:21 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: HombreSecreto

No wall design is complete without a cohort of medieval taunting French.

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Or English archers flipping them the bird. The English archers introduced “the bird” when the French threatened to cut off their middle fingers to prevent them from pulling back the bows.


14 posted on 01/19/2018 12:31:24 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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"Immigrants/trespassers will defeat it. They have a bigger incentive."

Absolutely. Is the wall going to be 100% effective in keeping out illegals? Nope.

But will it slow down and otherwise discourage 95% of the illegals that try to cross when compared to the cake walk they have today? You bet it will.

15 posted on 01/19/2018 12:32:46 PM PST by cincinnati65
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To: SuperLuminal

Wall is sunk 10 feet deep. We send rabid honey badgers into tunnels and seal the entrance.


16 posted on 01/19/2018 12:35:19 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: rktman

Yeah, so let’s do nothing.


17 posted on 01/19/2018 12:35:59 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Cobra64; SaveFerris; cincinnati65

Thanks...Happier now...{:-)


18 posted on 01/19/2018 12:38:23 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: bgill

Someone start a Go Fund Me type page for the Trump Wall. We’ll kick in a nice donation instead of giving to the Republican Senatorial Committee this year.


19 posted on 01/19/2018 12:39:43 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: bgill

I agree, enough trials and displays. Get rolling!


20 posted on 01/19/2018 12:40:50 PM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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