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Jury Still Out On Worth Of Predator Drones On Border With Mexico
seattletimes.nwsource.com 3 weeks, 2 days agoHomeland Security officials have spent six years and more than $250 million building the nation's largest fleet of domestic surveillance drones, but the nine Predators that help police America's borders have yet to be very useful in stopping contraband or illegal immigrants.
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Predator Drones Have Yet To Prove Their Worth On Border
latimes.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoThe nine unmanned aircraft are expensive to operate but their results are unimpressive, critics say. But one official says the criticism is shortsighted.CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas , The drug runners call it " el mosco ," the mosquito, and one recent evening on the southern tip of Texas, a Predator B drone armed with cameras buzzed softly over the beach on South Padre Island and headed inland.





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