CNN reports that Saudi Arabia is planning to build a multi-billion dollar fence along its entire 560-mile (900-kilometer) border with Iraq to prevent terrorists from entering. The fence will have a number of high tech features to allow for the detection of intruders. The article states:
Although the government in Riyadh has not released complete details of its plans, security experts familiar with the project said it would include electronic sensors and ultraviolet cameras capable of detecting any attempt to breach the fence.
The fence will not be electrified, but it will have sensors capable of alerting security forces if anyone tries to cut through the links, the experts said on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about the project to media.
The Middle East Economic Digest, a regional news magazine, reported this month that it would contain a double-lined fence with 135 electronically controlled gates, fence-mounted ultraviolet intruder detection sensors, buried radio detection sensors and concertina razor wire along the entire, mostly desert frontier.
This fence falls in the category of a Double-Layer Fence, a described in Slate.com’s Explainer article. A bill before the US Senate proposes a 698-mile double-layer fence along the Mexican border to seal off part of the 1,920-mile US border with Mexico.
Maybe both countries can buy the needed technology from Israel, which unfortunately has experience in this area.