Coast Guard to Track Ships Using Buoys

nomrniceguy writes "The Coast Guard plans to use dozens of buoys off the U.S. coast to extend the reach of a security system that monitors large vessels heading in and out of ports. The buoys are intended to extend the network's reach -- the Guard now receives the automated data only when a vessel is within about 25 miles of a port. The floating transmitters will relay the information from hundreds of miles off shore, from the middle of Lake Superior and off coastlines from Alaska to Maine."

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Protect the Seas But Ignore Mexican Border?

[Anonymous Coward]

The system of buoys is clever and low-cost, but you also need a network of underground sonar tracking stations. The Chinese have repeatedly tested our naval perimeters by sending submarines into American waters. The idea of Chinese kidnapping American citizens and hauling them onto a Chinese submarine (in North Korean style) poses a significant threat to the American population.

As well, what is the purpose of just protecting the seas when our border with Mexico is completely unsecure? The Chinese have troops on the Mexican side of the border. Further Islamic thugs have made trips back and forth across that border.

LaRaza be damned. We should pull out troops out of South Korea and put them on the US-Mexican border.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Coast Guard to Track Ships Using Boys :X