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09-21-2006, 07:42 PM
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According to this report the US will build 900 guard towers on Canadian US Border I think the only people this will affect will be the guys building the towers U.S. will guard borders with high-tech devices : Top Stories : News : Sympatico / MSN
Length of Canada-United States Boundary from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans
6416 kilometres (2878 kilometres - land, 3538 kilometres - water)
3987 miles (4631 miles - land, 2199 miles - water)
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09-21-2006, 08:14 PM
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| The border towers along the Canada border are just symbolic in order not to offend the Mexicans to the south. They will not expand probably even 100 miles over there. The real towers are going up for 700 miles along the Mexico border. Keep up the good work House of Representatives!
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09-21-2006, 10:23 PM
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09-22-2006, 07:28 AM
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| The whole point of that contract is to keep Boeing afloat between plum military aircraft contracts. It'll take the "bad guys" ,about a week to figure out how to defeat them, and it'll be "business as usual" , except for the law-abiding public.
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09-22-2006, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by R Pope The whole point of that contract is to keep Boeing afloat between plum military aircraft contracts. It'll take the "bad guys" ,about a week to figure out how to defeat them, and it'll be "business as usual" , except for the law-abiding public. | Put up M-2s with ample ammo in the towers, some NVGs for night ops, and you just built yourself a hell of a range... with live targets too! | |
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09-22-2006, 09:47 AM
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09-22-2006, 10:09 AM
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#7 | | Der Crewchief
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09-22-2006, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet Naw use Mark-19s instead of the M-2s, better pyrotechnics show. | How could I forget the Mk19!!! I had more fun firing that badboy than any other weapon. THUMP THUMP THUMP!!! | |
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09-22-2006, 11:55 AM
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#9 | | Der Crewchief
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09-22-2006, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by R Pope The whole point of that contract is to keep Boeing afloat between plum military aircraft contracts. It'll take the "bad guys" ,about a week to figure out how to defeat them, and it'll be "business as usual" , except for the law-abiding public. | Boeing? I could assure you this has nothing to do with keeping Boeing a float, I think they are very solvent these days!!!
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09-22-2006, 12:25 PM
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#11 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I think he is trying to say that Boeing is going broke so they took this contract. Boeing aint going broke though, they are a making billions based off of military sales right now.
The contract to build the towers though is 1800 not 900 and they are to be built along the Mexico border first. The contract that Boeing recieved is worth aprox. $2.5 Billion.
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09-22-2006, 12:52 PM
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#12 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | YEP!!! Boeing is far from going broke. Even loosing the JSF contract they are still involved with its production. As far as the commercial side, if Airbus keeps screwing up, Boeing will close in on them as well... Airlines, markets pummel Airbus on delays - Boston.com
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Originally Posted by Matt308 there are already guard towers on the US/Canada border. They are called Deer Stands. | And they number a helluva lot more than 900, I'll guarantee ya that. | |
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09-22-2006, 09:34 PM
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| Mr. Pope wrote: Quote: |
"The whole point of that contract is to keep Boeing afloat between plum military aircraft contracts. It'll take the "bad guys" ,about a week to figure out how to defeat them, and it'll be "business as usual" , except for the law-abiding public."
| Do you have a better solution? If you do, could you present it here, so we can write our congressmen about it?
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09-24-2006, 01:21 PM
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