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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 23, 2012 12:22:38 GMT -5
Actually, more on balloons. which the article indicates are already being used in Afghanistan. They are now picking upon Denny's suggestion and using them for patrolling the US southern border....
ROMA, Texas - Floating 2,500-feet above scrub-covered U.S. ranchland near the Mexico border, the payload of high-tech cameras onboard a balloon being used by the Border Patrol can easily see a cluster of reporters and the make, model and color of their vehicles a couple of miles away. In Iraq or Afghanistan, where the technology has already proven effective at spotting attackers, such balloons provide surveillance around bases. U.S. officials think they could be equally helpful in tracking drug smugglers and illegal immigrants along a rugged stretch of the Rio Grande that doesn't have any segments of border fence. The Border Patrol is testing two blimp-shaped, helium-filled balloons, which are on loan from the Defense Department. Congressional staff members joined Homeland Security and Defense Department officials Wednesday near the border town of Roma, about 260 miles south of San Antonio, to see what the aerostats can do. Members of the media were given a more limited glimpse of ......... The rest of the article is here
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2012 17:19:35 GMT -5
Jerry,
They have been doing it there for years. This type of aircraft" seems to be ideally suited for such a job.
Denny
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