Radar mounted on the roof monitors the airspace at all times.
White house rooftop defense system.
Over the last decade a hummer mounted point air defense system that uses fim 92 stinger missiles and a 50 caliber machine gun known as the army s avenger system has become a common place.
The airspace above and around the white house is heavily restricted and was expanded after the sept.
The building is located at 725 17th street nw on the north side of pennsylvania avenue.
The secret service says they are the best in the world and must qualify every month hitting targets accurately at 1 000 yards.
On the white house roof teams of snipers keep watch.
In 1801 our third president thomas jefferson had a post and rail fence built around the white house.
One urban legend says stinger anti aircraft missiles are supposedly perched on the roof.
According this 1998 report by human.
The agents train in the maryland suburbs where a few weeks ago they defended against a simulated rocket attack on the inauguration.
The rocket launchers were primed for action during the security scare near the.
While it s known that many missile batteries are located in washington d c it s more of an urban legend that there s an avenger missile system on top of the white house itself.
Absolutely but not only on the white house premises but also in the surrounding areas of d c.
In the year since that event america has grown and changed but the fence has remained standing.
That remains unproven but the white house does have those high tech laser systems that can detect any possible threat from a mile out alerting other missile systems that then take down the threat.
Federal government building in washington d c.
There are all kinds of stories about how the white house is defended.
As security concerns grew the famous white house fence has changed to keep up with the times.
The white house s top secret missile defence system has been spotted for first time during a full scale air alert.
Hummer mounted point air defense system that uses fim 92 stinger missiles and a 50 caliber machine gun known as the army avenger system has become a common place fixture in and around washington dc.