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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: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday October 21 2017, @08:16PM (1 child)
Long solved? Seems that you really think walls work. They don't. "Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man." George S. Patton. See Berlin Wall, Iron Curtain, and Maginot Line. They have to be patrolled and maintained to be of any value whatsoever, and that takes a lot of manpower and resources. They are ridiculously easy to defeat by going over, under, around, or just blasting through them. The hard part of getting past the border is not the wall, it's the guards.
What is it about walls that you guys love so?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday October 24 2017, @12:58PM
What makes you think I was talking about the wall?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.