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Drones swamp US-Mexico border but federal agents powerless to stop them
Washington Examiner ^ | 12 OCT 2018 | Anna Giaritelli

Posted on 10/13/2018 3:07:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: blackdog
Find me a crosswind at 500’agl less than 10 knots? Maybe 5:00AM to 9:00AM, but not likely?

I have no idea where you got your "10 knot crosswind" thing, but here's a drone from DJI that has a top speed of 45 mph and a 30 minute endurance.

https://www.dji.com/phantom-4-pro

61 posted on 10/13/2018 6:01:08 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Don Corleone

It’s “git”, and “licen”. It’s only “license” if it’s plural, as in “I’ll need to see you boys’ license”.


62 posted on 10/13/2018 6:01:58 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: Mollypitcher1

Get them Duck Dynasty guys down there.


63 posted on 10/13/2018 6:26:47 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: Mollypitcher1

Can you imagine pickups lined as far as you could see, grills smoking, bunch of folks just waiting for the next drone to come flying by.
Good times my friends, good times.
Betcha it’d cut down on illegals crossing as well.
Govt could put a bounty on them, get a drone- get a box of shells.


64 posted on 10/13/2018 6:41:07 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Yo-Yo

Try holding a course with 5 pounds of thrust and a crosswind? It’s one thing to stay in the air. It’s a whole other to not end up where the wind takes you. The higher up you go the more the winds aloft push you.


65 posted on 10/13/2018 7:07:51 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: Mollypitcher1

That is why I cited BIDEN (just shoot your shotgun) and JF’nKerry (the pic of him ‘supposedly’ shooting skeet).
They are probably the LAST TWO you would want anywhere near a loaded weapon.....


66 posted on 10/13/2018 7:23:38 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""Politicians should wear uniforms-like Nascar drivers-- to ID their Corporate Sponsors")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Seems like a great opportunity for target practice.


67 posted on 10/13/2018 8:41:36 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (I hate modern life)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

68 posted on 10/13/2018 8:47:57 PM PDT by deadrock
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Drones can go as fast as 125mph and fly as high as 10000ft. Shotguns will be ineffective, and those are just commercially available hobby platforms, it could get a lot worse if some smart dedicated enthusiasts got involved. Did you ever see the story of the guy that made a jet powered pre-programmed “cruise missile” (it was shaped like a cruise missile, but wasn’t in fact a missile at all, just a, autonomous jet aircraft). We need to think ahead to plan for these attacks, and shotguns aren’t going to do it.


69 posted on 10/13/2018 9:32:09 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Smugglers and coyotes looking for crossing points, watching the Border Patrol.
70 posted on 10/14/2018 2:09:53 AM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: Rebelbase
Shooting enthusiasts would flock to the border for a chance to bag a drone.

And pay for the opportunity....adding to the Wall funding....maybe Trump can set it up and also have a driving range which gets one a dinner with Trump (and Melania) if one knocks a drone out with a golf ball....

71 posted on 10/14/2018 3:12:39 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
RC sailboat racers have to put flags on their transmitter control box antennas to identify what radio channel they are using so as not to interfere with another racer using the same channel.

One would think border patrol could install stations along the border that would send signals out that would jam the RC channels being used by the cartels......

72 posted on 10/14/2018 3:35:02 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (The art of lock picking began during the era of chastity belts.......)
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To: xrmusn

LOL You forgot that phoney picture of Obama supposedly shooting.Biden, Kerry and Obama the Three Ratkateers.


73 posted on 10/14/2018 9:47:29 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mollypitcher1

Actually ALL of them - on both sides - do so many idiotic things, it is hard to keep track of them...<: <: <:

Should run ‘highlight’ reels...


74 posted on 10/14/2018 1:12:33 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""Politicians should wear uniforms-like Nascar drivers-- to ID their Corporate Sponsors")
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