Pentagon partners with Germany on Tunisia border security
The Pentagon is sending nearly $20 million in high-tech help to the North African country as civil war rages in neighboring Libya.
The Pentagon plans to add nearly $20 million in high-tech sensors to Tunisia’s border, doubling down on US and European investments to stop migrants, extremists and drug traffickers from crossing from Libya.
Defense Department officials notified Congress of the move in a letter last month, drawing from a joint fund set up with Germany in September to secure Tunisia’s 300-mile border with Libya. Germany contributed funding that will be used specifically for the sensors.
