DELTA PROTECTS REAGAN LIBRARY VALENCIA COMPANY'S BARRIERS CAN THWART TERRORIST ATTACK.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - The decorative barriers that surround the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. are actually strong enough to block a terrorist vehicle, Valencia-based Delta Scientific, which manufactured and installed the devices, announced this week. Delta, which provides counterterrorist coun·ter·ter·ror adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism: counterterror measures; counterterror weapons. n. Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism. systems at embassies, government buildings and other potential target facilities around the globe, installed the barriers to protect the library, where the former president was buried in June. The project was kept top secret until this week, a company official said. ``Delta Scientific bollards are used around the globe to protect strategic and symbolic buildings such as embassies and houses of parliament Houses of Parliament: see Westminster Palace. ,'' said Scott Altizer, high security systems applications engineer at Delta Scientific. ``The decorative bollards installed at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library and Museum not only complement their surroundings aesthetically, but they can stop an attacking vehicle in its tracks.'' The 13-year-old library is not only a visitors center, but a gathering spot for researchers who review the extensive archives. There are nearly 50 million pages of documentation, more than 1.5 million photographs and large amounts of film and videotape videotape Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. available at the library. The bollards - or pillar-style barriers - lower for vehicles to pass. Delta designs the barriers to blend in Verb 1. blend in - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" blend, go fit, go - be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" with the architecture of the buildings they protect. More than 100 buildings in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and 160 embassies and consulates in 130 countries are protected by Delta systems. |
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