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March 16, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.jta.org/2018/03/14/news-opinion/israel-star-national-security-conference-mississippi

Israel Is the Star at a National Security Conference in Mississippi

(JTA) Ben Sales - The International Homeland Defense and Security Summit, organized by the Mississippi state government, was held Tuesday in Biloxi. Representatives of 16 Israeli companies attended, along with a delegation from the Israel Defense Ministry. Gov. Phil Bryant told the conference, "If there's anyone that knows about homeland security, it's the Israelis. They have a tough neighborhood they live in." Companies specializing in security technology included Smart Shooter, which promises to make guns more accurate. Magal Security Systems is a border security sensor system that's used on Israel's northern and southern frontiers. Its technology helps secure the perimeters of prisons, power plants and Secret Service sites in the U.S. Beeper is a surveillance system - already deployed by the Israeli military and police departments in Baltimore and Houston - that can pinpoint where a gun is fired and instantly take video of who fired the weapon. Israel Aerospace Industries has two facilities in Mississippi.

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