Fiber optic "trip wires" for securing the borders

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Securing the borders

By JOHN ANASTASI

The White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the NORAD/U.S. Air Force Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado and the Qinghai-Tibet railway in China have at least one thing in common.

The tightly guarded facilities all use a Middletown company’s state-of-art intrusion detection systems.

From its location in a nondescript business park off Oxford Valley Road, Optellios Inc. has developed FiberPatrol, a line of security products that use fiber optic cables buried in the ground or attached to fences to detect prowlers.

“The first line of defense is the perimeter,â€

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“There’s a lot of talk about protecting borders … .â€