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The last two of eight prototypes for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall took shape Thursday at a construction site in San Diego.
The prototypes, including one built by Israeli defense firm Elta, form a tightly packed row of imposing concrete and metal panels, including one with sharp metal edges on top.
[...] The models, which cost the government up to $500,000 each, were spaced 30 feet (9.1 meters) apart. Slopes, thickness and curves vary. One has two shades of blue with white trim. The others are gray, tan or brown — in sync with the desert.
Bidding guidelines call for the prototypes to stand between 18 and 30 feet (5.5 and 9.1 meters) high and be able to withstand at least an hour of punishment from a sledgehammer, pickaxe, torch, chisel or battery-operated tools.
Features also should prevent the use of climbing aids such as grappling hooks, and the segments must be "aesthetically pleasing" when viewed from the US side.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 22 2017, @08:44PM
Yes, Consistency. Why don't you tear down the walls in your home then?
Tearing down the Berlin wall was a huge accomplishment, but for reasons that are entirely unapplicable to this discussion. The USSR held half a city captive, made the conditions there terrible, and prevented them from leaving. West Berliner's weren't trying to keep those in the east-wing out, just the opposite, their friends and family were on the other side.
Comparing border walls to the Berlin wall is one of the most illogical comparisons anyone has ever made, yet the comparison is constantly made when this discussion is brought up. In this case a more accurate, but figurative example, would be the "walls" between castes in India preventing others from getting to the other side and bettering their family and life to a far greater extreme than those who immigrate from Mexico to the USA. Please never use that comparison again, you're not retarded, you should know better.