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Originally Posted by Seahawk
An old friend of mine was the lead UAS guy for Predators on the border...he worked for me and then transitioned to his job in DC when he retired from the military.
I deployed hundreds and hundreds of drones in the War on Whatever...from Raven A/B's, Pioneer, Shadow, Scan Eagles, BAMS Demonstrators, Ducted Fans, a bunch of Spec Op stuff, etc...starting in 2004/5.
The Genie is out of the bottle but the Genie needs care and feeding just like every flying object.
Here is an old screen shot of a design we did for the Army. They are working the next iteration and we are still in the hunt:
The essential part of the CONOP is VTOL drones have a very limited range and endurance profile...the Army, like all services, love the concept of "Swarm" but how to you get a very limited air vehicle to the fight at distance.
We figured it out.
The need a ride and they are not coming back.
This is now a Brave Old World folks.
Also, Aerostats have been in use for many, many decades along the border and are extremely effective but limited in certain specific capabilities.
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None from California, why is that?
The best tunnel builders in the world are all in Tijuana MX and the WALL is complete across the border of CA.
AZ & TX are wall slackers and have always been. Illegals going thru tunnels is too risky for the cartels big investment, only Fentanyl goes thru those at greater quantities than mules ever could of carried.
But hey, they wanted the wall and its another discussion, just venting.