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If you want to look at the tactical implication, the Blackhawk would be 
a close in sensor - task by a unified command and control structure with 
input from implanted ground acoustic sensors (detecting foot and vehicle 
traffic), airborne sensor flying at 10,000 to 15,000 feet (visible 
horizon of about 100 km) also carrying highly sensitive IR sensors ( for 
night operations when I suspect the traffic is the highest) and mobile 
radar both to detect air targets or moving ground targets (including 
people), see http://www.drs.com/products/index.cfm?gID=18&productID=211 
for an example of only one of many such radar system.

You want to close the border you need the technology to do it - you're 
not going to do it with a frigging horse that one pistol shot from a 
smuggler can nullify.

Who is going to pay for it? The way things are going today, our 
grandchildren. We seem to see a lot of chest thumping on "closing the 
borders," but no one has signed up for the tax increase to fund it.

Truman

Jim Holland wrote:
> Granted....but crunch the numbers....how many would it take to cover the
> border between the US and Mexico, what does each one cost and how much money
> in fuel and maintenance would it cost to keep them flying 24 hours a day for
> a month.  I spent some time on a CH46....I KNOW what it costs to keep them
> flying....and I betcha a Blackhawk is a hell of a lot more.  
>
> Not practical....probably means Bush would be interested. :)
>
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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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