Vessel Tracking Systems Provide Key Information, but the Need for Duplicate Data Should Be Reviewed

U.S. Government Accountability Office
March 2009

U.S. ports, waterways, and coastal approaches are part of a system handling more than $700 billion in merchandise annually. With the many possible threats--including transportation and detonation of weapons of mass destruction, suicide attacks against vessels, and others--in the maritime domain, awareness of such threats could give the Coast Guard advance notice to help detect, deter, interdict, and defeat them and protect the U.S. homeland ...

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