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Lockheed Martin Hardware to Protect NYC Transit

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the 1,984-watchful-eyes dept.

Gerhardius writes "Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $212 million contract to provide cameras and sensors for New York City subways, bridges and tunnels." The entire program is being conducted under the guise of anti-terrorism and includes plans for a possible wireless network which would allow cellular phones to be used in case of emergency.

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  1. How would it prevent the kind of stuff by melted · · Score: 1, Redundant

    How would it prevent the kind of stuff that happened in London, though? Can this thing see trhough the backpack of a suicide bomber?

    To me the whole thing looks like another instance of "synergy" between government and a large corporation whereby a little bit of my (taxpayer's) money gets given to some execs at LM with a bit of help from some senator whom they helped to get elected.

    Will it solve ANY problem at all? I highly doubt it.