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Massive Terror Drill Successfully Detects Nuclear Threat
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Billy Parker
Published Aug 16, 2008
Modified Aug 18, 2008
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Yesterday a group of law enforcement agencies launched the largest counter-terrorism demonstration in history at the New York Harbor. The operation was led by the NYPD who unveiled two new state of the art radiation-tracking boats worth $750k each. Police say the crew of one of the new boats was able to pinpoint a bottle containing harmless germanium a half-mile away on a fishing boat. It launched 17 vessels to put a "choke-point" on traffic coming into New York Harbor under the Verrazano Bridge. When the NYPD "Tracs" boat pulled up the to "The Last Dollar," a recreation speed boat, cops knew from their top secret devices that they would find a radiation device on board.
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