[Georgelemental]

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[t-3]

Drones are not perfectly reasonable when semi-trucks filled with literal tons of drugs pass the border every day. They are used to smuggle drugs into prisons, but not really any better than the old hollow tennis ball trick and more trackable as well.

[Georgelemental]

Semi-trucks can get inspected, putting the driver at personal risk. With a drone, even if it is intercepted, the operator is safe

[JasonADrury]

> not really any better than the old hollow tennis ball trick and more trackable as well.

Depends on the size of the prison and it's perimeter, but in many cases yeah.

[iso1631]

Yet the US government can't seem to parade the hundreds of drones they are surely catching with the new operating model?

It seems 100% of the drones they have shot down are US government ones.

Which is it

1) US government is deliberately avoiding the cartel ones

2) US government is completely incompetent and the cartel outmatch the might of the US military

3) The cartel isn't actually using drones

4) The US government have shot down dozens of drones but are keeping quiet about it