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Smugglers are sawing through new sections of US border wall
Washington Post ^ | Nov 2, 2019 | NICK MIROFF of Aazon- Wapo

Posted on 11/02/2019 4:59:40 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Edited on 11/02/2019 5:27:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: NoLibZone

Weld On some horizontal stabilizers. I thought the fact this wall was see through was so patrols on the US side could see through. The article says it would take 15 to 20 minutes to make an opening. where were the patrols?


21 posted on 11/02/2019 5:18:44 PM PDT by Retired Chemist
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To: NoLibZone

“”””””Some of the damage has happened in areas where construction crews have yet to complete the installation of electronic sensors that, once operational, will more quickly detect the vibrations sawing produces on the bollards, the officials said.”””””””””””””””

It ain’t finished yet, Jim.


22 posted on 11/02/2019 5:19:20 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Dusty Road
Found this:


23 posted on 11/02/2019 5:19:25 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Substitute a stronger kind of steel.”

Maybe use Reardon Steel? They tore up some train tracks and have a pile of it out in the desert


24 posted on 11/02/2019 5:20:16 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Dusty Road
Also found this pic. I think they're prototype tests, faked by pMSNBC as real.


25 posted on 11/02/2019 5:21:55 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: NoLibZone
Tool Review - Diablo Demo Demon 9" Carbide Sawzall Blades
26 posted on 11/02/2019 5:24:57 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: carriage_hill

That looks like it was done by cutting torch.


27 posted on 11/02/2019 5:27:05 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Ouderkirk

Couldn’t it be non-lethally electrified?


28 posted on 11/02/2019 5:30:39 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: carriage_hill

A complete LIE.

The one on the left was done with a torch. The one to the right of it was done with a saw or disc.

This is a fake hit job on a prototype and anyone who swallows this crap is foolish.


29 posted on 11/02/2019 5:31:01 PM PDT by crz
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To: NoLibZone

I add this to the file that I have of FAKEry. Number 1 in that file was a picture of a ladder being used to get over the fence. The caption from the MSM indicated the absolute uselessness of ‘the Wall’ if a simple ladder defeated it.

My thoughts were as follows; no truck full of illegals or drugs is going to use that ladder. Unless someone has another ladder on the other side, that is a long drop. The ladder is a CHOKE POINT, where only one person can cross the fence top at a time, as opposed to large groups crossing before there was a fence.

In this case, yes, the border fence CAN be cut with time and effort. Said fence also can be strengthened. What this article lies about (omission) is that it is still an improvement over the previous ‘No Wall’ condition!


30 posted on 11/02/2019 5:31:17 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: NoLibZone

I’m pretty sure volunteers are keeping a close eye on certain areas that do not have full sensor capabilities yet.


31 posted on 11/02/2019 5:35:47 PM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: crz

I am quite sure that they are all filled with concrete.


32 posted on 11/02/2019 5:37:17 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: NoLibZone
The breaches have been made using a popular cordless household tool known as a reciprocating saw that retails at hardware stores for as little as $100. When fitted with specialized blades, the saws can slice through one of the barrier's steel-and-concrete bollards in a matter of minutes

Those sentences do not sound like they were written by, nor intended to be read by, anyone who has ever handled a sawzall. Of course you can saw through the damned things, no wall is impenetrable. Any redneck could come up with a half dozen ways to knock down the wall bollards. The qoal is to make any breaching effort sufficiently difficult or obvious so that border guards can be alerted and respond.

33 posted on 11/02/2019 5:37:25 PM PDT by jz638
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To: carriage_hill

I do believe they built a prototype and cut ind are claiming it was done on the border.

This was done by the fake news media to “claim” it was breached.


34 posted on 11/02/2019 5:38:56 PM PDT by crz
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To: Balding_Eagle

This was staged by the lying news media.

Plain and simple.


35 posted on 11/02/2019 5:40:13 PM PDT by crz
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To: Ouderkirk
Electrify it...150kV ought to do it.

Like a bug zapper!

36 posted on 11/02/2019 5:40:46 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Diablo Carbide Recip Metal-Cutting Blades
37 posted on 11/02/2019 5:40:47 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: bkopto

I don’t know nearly enough to sling accusations, but didn’t engineers think about that ahead of time?

Is there no “saw proof” material out there?

Seems almost impossible.

But like I said I don’t know much on the subject


38 posted on 11/02/2019 5:42:49 PM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: carriage_hill

I believe that is a picture of a test. I also suspect we’ll see it again in the future.


39 posted on 11/02/2019 5:46:47 PM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: laplata

“”That looks like it was done by cutting torch.””

It was.


40 posted on 11/02/2019 5:49:34 PM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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