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High-tech border towers in place, but not operational
Nine high-tech towers that form the backbone of the Department of Homeland Security's latest "virtual wall" test program in some of the most God-forsaken land in the US the desert southwest of Tucson are up, but their launch has been delayed. The 98-foot towers — equipped with cameras, radars and sensors in a 28-mile area flanking Sasabe as part of the SBInet Project 28 — were originally scheduled to become operational Wednesday. But that start date has been pushed back, said Xavier Rios, a Border Patrol spokesman.

The Boeing Co., which is being paid $20 million to administer the pilot project, is testing the towers and training agents in preparation for a system launch in the coming weeks, Rios said. No date has been set.

The towers will send surveillance information to command centers and agents' vehicles equipped with special laptop computers.
Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-06-16
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