Re: Airports will add 'invisible fence' to security measures

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Interesting.  For a minute there, I thought they were talking about
those devices that electrocute dog when they try to leave the yard.
Never mind. :-)

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Niraj Agarwalla


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By Chuck Bennett
amNewYork Staff Writer

March 8, 2006

Newark, Kennedy and LaGuardia airports have taken a cue from war-torn
Baghdad International Airport and installed hi-tech "invisible fencing."

Designed by defense contractor Raytheon Co., the new $140 million
Perimeter Intrusion Detection System is supposed to blanket the airports
with radar, infrared imaging, motion detectors, and surveillance
cameras. The contract was finalized in January but the Port Authority,
the bi-state agency that runs the airports, didn't announce it until
Tuesday.

The system, already in use in Baghdad and Israel, will detect human
intruders attempting to sneak into the airports. At JFK and LaGuardia
airports, a particular focus will be on detecting intruders approaching
on water.

The new system "will enhance security systems throughout all of our
facilities," said Port Authority vice chairman Charles Gargano.=20

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