US-Mexico border wall tests ’thwart special forces commandos’

Prototypes of US president Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico have stood up to assaults by special forces during testing, an official has said.

Prototypes of US president Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico have stood up to assaults by special forces during testing, an official has said.

Forces based in Florida and US Customs and Border Protection special units spent three weeks trying to breach and scale the eight prototypes in San Diego, using pneumatic drills, saws and other tools and climbing devices, the insider said.