With the country still hemorrhaging and Detroit even poorer than it was before the economic crisis, it’s nice to know that at least one federal agency has a new pleasure craft to enjoy. Customs and Border Protection has been tooling around the Detroit River on their new tricked-out patrol boat. The 43-foot vessel sports four 350hp motors, a thermal camera, and mounted machine guns. So what’s the price tag for this kind of maritime fun? A lot: “The prototype costs about $550,000 and contains another $350,000 worth of electronics.” |DetroitNews|