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\f0\fs24 \cf0 Saudi Arabia\'92s high-tech fence\
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Saudi Arabia has unveiled a 900km state-of-the art fence along its border with Iraq to ensure the war waged by so-called Islamic State doesn\'92t spill across its frontier. The $3.4 billion Northern Border Security Project was built by Munich-based Airbus Defence and Space\
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TURKEY\
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SYRIA\
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JORDAN\
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Turaif\
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NORTHERN BORDERS\
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SAUDI ARABIA\
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RED SEA\
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IRAN\
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Baghdad\
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IRAQ\
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Hafar al-Batin\
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KUWAIT\
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Riyadh\
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Northern Border Security Project\
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ANBAR\
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IRAQ\
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SAUDI ARABIA\
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Response stations equipped with heli-pads\
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Barriers: Twin chainlink fences with razor wire, 100m apart, separated by concertina fence\
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Sand berms: Embankments designed to slow infiltrators\
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Underground movement sensors:Trigger silent alarms\
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Network: 1,450,000 metres of fibre optic cable connects C2 centres to Ministry of Interior\
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240 rapid response vehicles\
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Surveillance Reconnaissance Vehicles: 10 units, each fitted with SPEXER radar, video, thermal and night-vision cameras\
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Border barrier: 40 watchtowers equipped with Airbus SPEXER 2000 radars and day/night cameras, seven command-and-control (C2) centres, 38 separate communication towers and 32 military response stations\
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ForensicaGPS: System linked to 3D face recognition software\
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SPEXER 2000 radar Also known as TRGS Sec Detection Ranges\
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Pedestrian (slow moving) 18km\
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Light vehicle 22km\
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Truck 36km\
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Light aircraft 27km\
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Low-level helicopter 36km\
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Sources: UPI, Airbus Defence and Space, Animetrics\'92 ForensicaGPS\
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