As reported by Wired, next year should see the deployment of Boeing's A160 "Hummingbird" drone helicopter to Afghanistan. The A160 will fly up to 12-hour missions carrying the 1.8 gigapixel ARGUS-IS camera system that can track dozens of ground targets (as small as individuals) simultaneously and peek downrange as far as 25 miles.
While the military sees this as an especially effective platform for finding insurgents in the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan, the Hummingbird looks like the best friend the Border Patrol could ever have. Forget fences, start training people to use THIS thing.
While the military sees this as an especially effective platform for finding insurgents in the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan, the Hummingbird looks like the best friend the Border Patrol could ever have. Forget fences, start training people to use THIS thing.
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