I still think an virtual wall is a better idea. Far less money spent on maintenance and upkeep costs.
Use drones to fly the border. Less fuel overall, instead of troops vehicles. Less man-power. Mostly needing remote pilots watching video screens.
The drones have ground penetrating radar and can do periodic, random sweeps to look for underground tunnels. Over seas, we know in battle zones, drones have do this to find enemies.
We would only need likely 5-10 drones for around the clock monitoring.
We could then use national guard to go into "hot spots" of coyote activity.
A physical wall is all about handing out building contracts and labor contracts. The construction involved will cost far more per mile than a single decade of a virtual wall using drones.
Predator drones can do recon at an altitude of 10k ft.
There are no civilian emp options to down one. Anyone trying to run a megawatt powerful enough to down one would need a significant energy source and a mobile one. Meaning it would be picked up long before a potential drone would be within range of someone using it.
Not to mention, predator drones are likely to have a Faraday cage built around their flight systems.
From 25k ft. a predator drone can see structures and vehicles.
Those hand held emp guns and rifles can not hit a predator drone.
I dispute your said facts. EMP's can be fired from the ground more efficiently that from air, cheaper(redundent), in short range, and furthermore a simple unregulated sunspot/flare could blot the entire USA grid in the most unexpected way on any given nanosecond. Don't think for a second that I don't have love in my heart for you though. I like your research.
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maurice1 ago
I still think an virtual wall is a better idea. Far less money spent on maintenance and upkeep costs.
Use drones to fly the border. Less fuel overall, instead of troops vehicles. Less man-power. Mostly needing remote pilots watching video screens.
The drones have ground penetrating radar and can do periodic, random sweeps to look for underground tunnels. Over seas, we know in battle zones, drones have do this to find enemies.
We would only need likely 5-10 drones for around the clock monitoring.
We could then use national guard to go into "hot spots" of coyote activity.
A physical wall is all about handing out building contracts and labor contracts. The construction involved will cost far more per mile than a single decade of a virtual wall using drones.
YogSoggoth ago
Quite obvious you live in a virtual world.
maurice1 ago
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
YogSoggoth ago
Drones are susceptible to emp blasts. Physical not so much.Guns and walls work. Were just 50 years late to starting the project.
maurice1 ago
Predator drones can do recon at an altitude of 10k ft.
There are no civilian emp options to down one. Anyone trying to run a megawatt powerful enough to down one would need a significant energy source and a mobile one. Meaning it would be picked up long before a potential drone would be within range of someone using it.
Not to mention, predator drones are likely to have a Faraday cage built around their flight systems.
From 25k ft. a predator drone can see structures and vehicles.
Those hand held emp guns and rifles can not hit a predator drone.
YogSoggoth ago
I dispute your said facts. EMP's can be fired from the ground more efficiently that from air, cheaper(redundent), in short range, and furthermore a simple unregulated sunspot/flare could blot the entire USA grid in the most unexpected way on any given nanosecond. Don't think for a second that I don't have love in my heart for you though. I like your research.