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India Installs 'Laser Walls' At Border With Pakistan (nbcnews.com)

schwit1 writes: After experimenting with barbed wire, surveillance cameras and even cowbells and camels, India has now reportedly introduced "laser walls" at its border with archenemy Pakistan. Both New Delhi and Islamabad deploy more than half of their 1 million and 600,000-strong armies, respectively, on the border. India is setting up the laser walls to "plug the porous riverine and treacherous terrain and keep an effective vigil against intruders and terrorists" in Punjab state, the state-run Press Trust of India reported. According to the PTI report, around 45 laser walls will be installed in Punjab state. Lasers beamed over rivers and hills will set off an alarm and alert the Indian Border Security Force if someone attempts to pass by, it added.

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  1. Re:I've seen Mission Impossible... by kwerle · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, the trick is to ride horses because the beams are so smart they don't send false positives every 10 minutes when animals walk through.

  2. Sharks with laser? by youn · · Score: 3, Funny

    now if they manage to put those lasers on sharks... it's gonna be awesome.... but maybe they don't have the budget for sharks :p

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