Smugglers have found an easy way to get through the vertical steel tube Mexican border wall. From https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/smugglers-are-sawing-through-new-sections-of-trumps-border-wall/2019/11/01/25bf8ce0-fa72-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html
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 minutes, according to the agents, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the barrier-defeating techniques.
After cutting through the base of a single bollard, smugglers can push the steel out of the way, creating an adult-size gap. Because the bollards are so tall — and are attached only to a panel at the top — their length makes them easier to push aside once they have been cut and are left dangling, according to engineers consulted by The Washington Post.
The taxpayer-funded barrier — so far coming with a $10 billion price tag — was a central theme of Trump's 2016 campaign, and he has made the project a physical symbol of his presidency, touting its construction progress in speeches, ads and tweets. Trump has increasingly boasted to crowds in recent weeks about the superlative properties of the barrier, calling it "virtually impenetrable" and likening the structure to a "Rolls-Royce" that border crossers cannot get over, under or through.
In other words, no one did any serious pen testing on the wall design, or it would have been obvious that with all that leverage, the top tie-in was easy to flex.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday November 05 2019, @03:44AM (2 children)
The Wall of Stalin should do it, detonate a string of very dirty nukes across the southern US and you've got a transit-discouragement zone that'll last for millennia. May as well light off a few of the sumbitches before they're banned by treaty or something. Definitely better than a moat full of crocodiles or whatever it was that was supposed to go there.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 05 2019, @04:58AM
Would it really be that bad? The highest levels of radiation would occur in the initial days and weeks, and in later years the big hazard would be ingestion of radioactive dust. Which you could counter somewhat with cheap filters, gloves, and a tent.
Killer drones with visual and infrared detection would be more effective. You need 2,000 to have 1 circling around every mile of border, while others are recharging or can act as backups.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday November 05 2019, @03:50PM
Nuke Texas? Sounds good to me.
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