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SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1987

ITSELF

MAJOR MINTER NOTED THAT THE FENCE PROTECTION SYSTEM WAS

TECHNOLOGY, AND IT WAS REGULARLY ALREADY A PIECE OF VERY ADVANCED SERVICED AND MAINTAINED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND THE ARMY WAS SEEKING WAYS TO IMPROVE IT.

ALWAYS

A VERY SOPHISTICATED DEVICE "THE FENCE PROTECTION SYSTEM IS

ΤΟ THE INSTALLED ALONG THE BORDER FENCE, IT IS ELECTRONICALLY LINKED

STRATEGIC POINTS, WHICH CAN VINDICATOR SYSTEMS IN COMMAND POSTS AT

OR IDENTIFY THE EXACT SPOTS WHERE ATTEMPTS ARE MADE TO CUT THE FENCE CLIMB OVER IT.

"WITH THIS SYSTEM, FORCES TO HE EXACT SPOTS ARREST THEM.

WE CAN ALWAYS SEND OUT TO WAIT FOR

THE

QUICK ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

REACTION

AND

"ANY HOLES IN THE FENCE CUT IMMEDIATELY REPAIRED."

BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

WOULD

BE

"BESIDES,

THE FENCE

IS

INSPECTED

то

DAILY BY ENSURE THAT

SOLDIERS AND ALL HOLES ARE

GOVERNMENT MAINTENANCE SURVEYORS SECURELY FIXED.

DETECTED

OTHER VERY

MAJOR MINTER SAID MOST OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE EVEN BEFORE THEY REACHED THE FENCE BY SOLDIERS USING SOME SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT, AND WERE CAUGHT BY AWAITING SOLDIERS.

IMAGERS WHICH CAN DETECT THERMAL "WE HAVE GOT THE IMMIGRANTS THROUGH THEIR BODY HEAT, AND THE IMAGER INTENSIFIERS CAN MAGNIFY THE VERY DIM LIGHTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT NIGHT.

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ILLEGAL WHICH

OR

THE GROUND 'FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE THE GROUND SENSORS PLACED IN ALONG THE FENCE WHICH SIGNAL SOLDIERS AT THE NEAREST AMBUSH POINTS OBSERVATION POSTS WHEN PEOPLE PASS."

WITH

THE ARMY

DOG

AND TEAMS

HELICOPTER

EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO LAND BORDER, MAJOR MINTER SAID.

PATROLS, SNEAK ACROSS

IT

WAS

THE

HE ADDED THAT ALTHOUGH THE DETECTION RATE WAS ARMY WAS NEVER COMPLACENT.

VERY HIGH,

THE

"THAT IS WHY THE ARMY IS EQUIPMENT AND TRYING OUT NEW TACTICS,

LOOKING ALWAYS

FOR MORE EFFECTIVE

"

HE SAID.

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