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Egypt’s new high-tech border security system in place

The Egyptian armed forces completed a high-tech border security system that will boost the Border Guard Forces’ performance and allow better security and response to incidents on the inflamed border.
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CAIRO — The Egyptian armed forces announced Sept. 2 the completion of the last phase of a border security system as part of a “new monitoring system” for the Border Guard Forces. According to the armed forces, the system would allow all members of the Border Guard Forces to monitor border security in all strategic directions.

Spokesman for the armed forces Col. Tamer al-Rifai wrote in a Sept. 2 Facebook post that the security system was developed as per the most advanced international standards, and that such a step is part of “the constant update of the equipment and devices the commandments and administrations use.”

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