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2005-08-31 Home Front: WoT

Border Patrol Buying Unmanned Plane for Mexican Border

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Posted by Pappy 2005-08-31 00:12|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Dang - here's the link

Also, more information on the Predator B.

Posted by Pappy 2005-08-31 00:17|| 2005-08-31 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 All very fine and dandy, but the question is, what will this purchase do to stem the illegal flow of people and contraband across the border?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-31 01:20|| 2005-08-31 01:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Probably nothing, BAR, but it should provide some really neat pics and video of the border crossings for use on Hannity and Colmes.

Posted by Chris W.">Chris W. 2005-08-31 01:32|| 2005-08-31 01:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Depends if it's ARMED or not!!

Posted by ARMYGUY 2005-08-31 07:25|| 2005-08-31 07:25|| Front Page Top

#5 A plane a year doesn't cut it for me. How about one hundred?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-08-31 07:57|| 2005-08-31 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Predator's an expensive, sustained surveil/recon platform which can be armed. Ground control station is sophisticated & ground crew needs training to manage the aircraft. Therefore, it's used only when the payoff appears to be worth it.

There are less expensive UAVs for shorter-duration recon use. Wouldn't be surprised if some of them are being used or will be soon.

Posted by lotp 2005-08-31 09:27|| 2005-08-31 09:27|| Front Page Top

#7 I kind of like the symmetry of it.

Unmanned plane, unmanned border.

Posted by Dreadnought 2005-08-31 10:23|| 2005-08-31 10:23|| Front Page Top

#8 It's good to see something starting to happen with stopping the flood of illegals.

Posted by Jan 2005-08-31 15:08|| 2005-08-31 15:08|| Front Page Top

#9 My understanding is that they've been using various UAVs on a "proof of concept" basis for some time, in order to lay out the concept of operations for applying them to border control.

All that happened quietly in preparation for this acquisition.

Posted by Omerens Omaigum2983 2005-08-31 16:03|| 2005-08-31 16:03|| Front Page Top

#10 I might be wrong, but didn't a private citizen's group start flying homemade UAVs along the boarder years ago?

Posted by Secret Master 2005-08-31 16:50|| 2005-08-31 16:50|| Front Page Top

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