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Posted: 9/29/2017 1:27:45 AM EST

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"Im going to guess its not just a decoration." That made me laugh

Posted: 9/29/2017 1:46:32 AM EST

[#2]

im guessing cell phone jammer, sniffers and other anti terror equipment

Posted: 9/29/2017 1:53:17 AM EST

[#3]

Towers of the Confederate States of America.

If they will not say what they are, then TEAR THEM DOWN!

Posted: 9/29/2017 1:57:26 AM EST

[#4]

I would assume its a little of everything.

Facial recognition cameras
IED sniffers
Radiation detectors
Thermal cameras
Probably some X-ray capability
Possibly a focused emp device, to neutralize any potential truck bombs

Posted: 9/29/2017 2:06:52 AM EST

[#5]

Cell/radio monitoring?

Posted: 9/29/2017 2:32:37 AM EST

[#6]

I saw on Fox today that one of the intelligence agencies said that "Drone attacks are imminent."

Not sure if it means there is high possibility they could be used, or, if there is a credible threat and an attack plan has been uncovered and likely to happen.

Posted: 9/29/2017 2:38:55 AM EST

[#7]

It's a Mario tunnel.

Drop illegals in it and they pop out of a water slide into the rio grande. MAGA once again

Posted: 9/29/2017 2:44:01 AM EST

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Hack those things to play The Star Spangled Banner and while everyone is on their knees, immobilized, you could have the run of the city.

Hmmmm....

Posted: 9/29/2017 5:02:58 AM EST

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They will soon be (a) covered in graffiti, (b) stripped to a shell and their parts end up in pawn shops, or (c) torn out and sold for scrap metal in the dead of the night.

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this

Posted: 9/29/2017 5:10:53 AM EST

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Posted: 9/29/2017 5:13:26 AM EST

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Just assume you are being watched 24/7

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And assume whatever they are doing with the data is 100 times worse than you imagine.

Posted: 9/29/2017 5:15:12 AM EST

[#12]

U-Boat Snorkel.

Posted: 9/29/2017 5:20:01 AM EST

[#13]

They're for your own good so don't ask.

Posted: 9/29/2017 5:22:51 AM EST

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Plate readers and explosive sniffers. The heavy grating on the first 10 feet is probably there because of the prevalence of scumbags in NY who would rape upon them and head to the nearest scrapyard with their winnings.

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One man's scrapper scumbag is another man's personal privacy advocate.

Posted: 9/29/2017 5:23:47 AM EST

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They are scanning for explosives.

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Nuclear material I would bet. The DOD has used a similar device in the past but they were unreliable. DOT truck weigh stations on the interstates have them also.

Posted: 9/29/2017 5:26:03 AM EST

[#16]

loc-nar

Posted: 9/29/2017 5:42:31 AM EST

[#17]

If it's for Department of ~~Homeland~~ Internal Security "technology" it is unpatriotic to ask what's inside and what it does.

We all want to be patriotic, right?

Posted: 9/29/2017 8:06:20 AM EST

[#18]

Narcan misting device, they clear up a tunnel traffic jam in minutes.
Angry Junkies speed off to next fix.

Posted: 9/29/2017 8:23:12 AM EST

[#19]

new fast food kiosks: place your order as youre entering tunnel, facial recognition pics up the order via lip reading and matches to license plate, order is delivered upon exiting the tunnel

Posted: 9/29/2017 8:26:06 AM EST

[#20]

YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS.

Posted: 9/29/2017 8:27:24 AM EST

[#21]

Fart sniffer.

Posted: 9/29/2017 8:33:40 AM EST

[#22]

Given their reluctance to discuss them - it's one of two things:

1. Anti-Terror Security Measures that likely infringe on a lot of privacy.
2. WAY Over priced light poles that padded the pockets of some MTA officials and the contractors who built them.

equally possible

Posted: 9/29/2017 8:40:56 AM EST

[#23]

Aliens. Definitely aliens.

Posted: 9/29/2017 8:43:04 AM EST

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http://www.anongroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/44D2B9E300000578-0-image-a-20_1506611754845.jpg

Or it could just be another shovel ready $$ scam.
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"Out of many, one" is written on them. That's some New World Order shit right there

Posted: 9/29/2017 8:47:54 AM EST

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Damn how did i miss this one. Good read.

Posted: 9/29/2017 9:38:12 AM EST

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I'm guessing they're mostly empty.

If I were a malicious statist, I would put them up with some lights and cameras in them to get people used to the idea without really doing anything, but leave lots of empty space inside. Once the few people who got riled up about their installation settle down, then I'd start installing the millimeter wave scanners, stringrays, and flouride mist dispensers.

Posted: 9/29/2017 9:38:26 AM EST

[#27]

CBRNE detection equipment
Cameras and Lights
Cell/data repeaters to assist with load during an incident.

Posted: 9/29/2017 9:48:50 AM EST

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Morlock device

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/36058/morlock_t658-320330.JPG

They will start harvesting new yorkers anytime now.

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I'm ok with that...

Posted: 9/29/2017 2:33:02 PM EST

[#29]

They are just giant vapes.

Posted: 9/29/2017 2:43:11 PM EST

[#30]

C.H.U.D. detectors

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:04:36 PM EST

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im guessing cell phone jammer, sniffers and other anti ~~terror~~ freedom equipment

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FIFY

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:06:23 PM EST

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Whatever they are, be certain that there are 535 people in DC that are heavily invested in the company.

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And about a thousand lobbyists.

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:12:23 PM EST

[#33]

Gun detectors.

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:30:46 PM EST

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"Out of many, one" is written on them. That's some New World Order shit right there

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Um, that is the national motto

translated to engrish

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:33:46 PM EST

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Maybe it's sniffing the air for bio weapons or something like that.

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I'd be fucked if I farted.

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:38:37 PM EST

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Gaydar

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Possibly; but my bet is they are Nuddie scanners that secretly record the bra size of every female as they drive by.

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:39:20 PM EST

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Gun detectors.

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Schumer wanted to give grants to companies so they could develop firearm detectors in vehicles. Smart one that Chuckie, detect small metal objects inside a large moving metal object.

There was a thread about it here some years ago.

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:45:05 PM EST

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I would assume its a little of everything.

Facial recognition cameras
IED sniffers
Radiation detectors
Thermal cameras
Probably some X-ray capability
Possibly a focused emp device, to neutralize any potential truck bombs

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Kind of what I was thinking. If every one of them has fiber optics they can all pull some serious bandwidth.

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:51:31 PM EST

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im guessing cell phone jammer, sniffers and other anti ~~terror~~ freedom equipment

FIFY

Yep.

Can't wait to see what the expansion of freedom brings us 20 years from now................

Posted: 9/29/2017 3:55:39 PM EST

[#40]

Maybe someone will drive a semi truck into one costing the city millions

Posted: 9/29/2017 4:00:31 PM EST

[#41]

Just another reason not to go there. NYC is looking like the old Soviet Union nowadays. Don't worry comrade there is nothing to see here

Posted: 9/29/2017 4:04:14 PM EST

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"Out of many, one" is written on them. That's some New World Order shit right there

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E pluribus unum

Posted: 9/29/2017 4:05:11 PM EST

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im guessing cell phone jammer, sniffers and other anti terror equipment

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That would be my guess given their locations and the secrecy invoked.

Posted: 9/29/2017 4:27:06 PM EST

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Cell/data repeaters to assist with load during an incident.

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Is that what we're calling IMSI catchers now?

Posted: 9/29/2017 4:33:24 PM EST

[#45]

Ever see the movie Eagle Eye?

Posted: 9/29/2017 4:41:33 PM EST

[#46]

I wonder what would happen if you jammed a $20 Amazon borescope through that metal screen.

Posted: 9/29/2017 4:47:20 PM EST

[#47]

Needs more Phalanx CIWS...

"Terrorist vehicle identified"...Bzzzzzzzzzzt!

"Target neutralized, have a nice day."

Posted: 9/29/2017 4:56:53 PM EST

[#48]

Attached File

Posted: 9/29/2017 4:58:30 PM EST

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Whatever they are, be certain that there are 535 people in DC that are heavily invested in the company.

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This is the only thing we know for sure.

Posted: 9/29/2017 5:15:23 PM EST

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Needs more Phalanx CIWS...

"Terrorist vehicle identified"...Bzzzzzzzzzzt!

"Target neutralized, have a nice day."

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Or some kind of anti graffiti machine

[youtube]https://youtu.be/oDrYkwG6Tuo[/youtube]

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