Barack Obama To Shut Down Southern Air Defense Systems

Market Daily News ^ | January 23rd, 2013 | Mack Slavo

[Purrcival]

Maybe that's partially because Mexico has strict immigration laws which are ENFORCED. Also, I don't think many Americans want to be anywhere near those murderous drug cartels running rampant there.

[jpsb]

I've looked into this a bit this AM, very upsetting, what my thinking is, and implied in the article is that most of the southern US border will the covered by some other means (ship radar, unmanned aircraft, etc). But there will be large areas of isolated unpopulated and difficult terrain that will not be covered and that would allow low flying aircraft unobserved entry into US air space.

Sequestration happens in March, so the March 15 shutdown date suggests that this is a result of sequestration. Typical Rat behavior, shut down the useful programs that everyone likes (scare the voters) but keep the patronage programs. One part of sequestration was military cuts, the other part was an end to extended unemployment benefits. I'll bet dollars to donuts the benefits are not cut.

[GOPJ]

The system is utilized by the U.S. Air Force, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for a number of missions including detection of drug smuggling and preservation of the air sovereignty of the continental United States.

According to Exelis Systems Corporation, the company that built and jointly maintains TARS with the U.S. Air Force, the government has ordered a complete shutdown of Aerostat flight operations...

ping

[GOPJ]

Really....how many acts of Treason must he commit before the TRAITOR is stopped?????

Our military's busy acting like Peace Corps members on speed - CIA's playing kissey face with Radical Muslims and the FBI's being stripped of power...

That's my guess...

Oh, and liberal elites? They're raking in the cash - much too busy with that and giving jobs to family members to notice..("you want a regulation changed that will give your company an extra 800 million a year? Meet me across the street with a big fat donation")

[SandRat]

Have you seen this?

The system is utilized by the U.S. Air Force, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for a number of missions including detection of drug smuggling and preservation of the air sovereignty of the continental United States.

According to Exelis Systems Corporation, the company that built and jointly maintains TARS with the U.S. Air Force, the government has ordered a complete shutdown of Aerostat flight operations.

[DBrow]

I think ROTHR is replacing TARS, long distance coverage not only of air targets but of marine targets in the Gulf.

[tsowellfan]

It is time we Texans form our own patrol and ask for volunteer's to keep the criminal drug dealers out of our country of Texas

Good idea! I would add that Texas will probably have to have some kind of VISA system for any non-resident to enter the State.

[tsowellfan]

Why is is that almost every action Obama takes almost requires a Prepper ping these days?

[autumnraine]

WTF Ping!

[eak3]

what could possibly go wrong with this? So someone could jam a nuke up our ass now and we wouldnt know till it was too late?

[nothingnew]

RED DAWN

FMCDH(BITS)

[Steve Newton]

Thank you MestaMachine for the Ping.

And what kind of low life crap is this? What is it being replaced with, if anything?

What——

Humm. Let me contact D.C.

[null and void]

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don’t add you to the list...

[WCH]

I can vouch for this.

We were in west Texas (near Marfa) and the tethered balloon that has been there for years, is gone.

[Steve Newton]

Same with Congressman Long”s office

They had heard nothing.

[austinaero]

That’s one way President Hate America can take it to Texas.

[austinaero]

I found this bit of info on the website for Pedro Pierluisi, who at some point was a House Democrat,,not sure if he is still is. He is from Puerto Rico. The site is http://pierluisi.house.gov/english/congressional-caucus.html

The specific language in the report accompanying the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013, approved late last week, is as follows:

“The Committee is aware that internal interagency discussions are again underway related to the administration of the Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) program. TARS surveillance data is used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and by the Joint Interagency Task Force-South in support of border security and counter-drug operations. The aerostats, while still under the responsibility of the Air Force, have not been maintained for a number of reasons. However, the Committee believes that an alternative means of supporting operational needs for surveillance data has yet to be deployed. For that reason, the Committee is concerned about the reduced capability, particularly in the Caribbean, and encourages the Secretary of Defense to work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other interagency partners to develop a short term solution to address reduced capability as well as the right long term solution—whether that is transfer of assets, repair of current assets, replacement with other technology or capability, or other solutions.”

[little jeremiah]

Has nothing to do with stupid. Has everything to do with destroying America as planned.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Just wait until the end of his second term, when he starts giving away all of our military and nuclear technology.

[CodeToad]

Not exactly huge news. In fact, it should have been shut down years ago. We still have the air and space sensor systems alive and well.