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2006-06-05 Europe

Robot spy planes to guard Europe's borders

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Posted by ryuge 2006-06-05 06:21|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I was under the impression that most illegals come into the UK in trucks. Drones might be useful around the Mediterranean though.

Posted by Jav8820 2006-06-05 06:45|| 2006-06-05 06:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Ya never know when those dang Normans might try to sneak in!

Posted by DanNY 2006-06-05 07:55|| 2006-06-05 07:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Just watching doesn't do anything.

You MUST intercept, repatriate and deter those who wish to gatecrash a country.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2006-06-05 08:04|| 2006-06-05 08:04|| Front Page Top

#4 The illegals and terrorists are already in the countries, so all this drone stuff is delusional. The bureaucrats will save everyone from terrorism---like hell.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-06-05 09:51|| 2006-06-05 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Nice, but much too late. The enemy resides within and is rapidly growing.

Posted by Captain America 2006-06-05 10:04|| 2006-06-05 10:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Gee, maybe we could try that here.

Posted by wxjames 2006-06-05 11:37|| 2006-06-05 11:37|| Front Page Top

#7 I agree with Captain America, but we can't do anything about that, Europe is populated by Europeans.

Posted by Perfessor 2006-06-05 12:07|| 2006-06-05 12:07|| Front Page Top

#8 1. Horse gone.
2. Close stable door.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-06-05 13:22|| 2006-06-05 13:22|| Front Page Top

#9 "I was under the impression that most illegals come into the UK in trucks."

There has traditionally been much people-smuggling across the Channel and the Irish Sea.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-06-05 13:24|| 2006-06-05 13:24|| Front Page Top

#10 finally found a use for that eurofighter

Posted by Frank G 2006-06-05 14:34|| 2006-06-05 14:34|| Front Page Top

#11 ", officials in Brussels have launched more than a dozen research projects to develop new technologies for counter-terrorism, policing and border security. They include body scanners that can see through clothing and detect explosive vests, guns or chemical weapons; portable devices that can "see" through walls and detect people moving inside buildings; and tiny radio tags that would be fitted on people inside buildings under surveillance.

All of which have already been invented and deployed by the US.

Posted by Wheatch Sposh1345 2006-06-05 15:20|| 2006-06-05 15:20|| Front Page Top

#12 Thermal imaging sights that see people through walls, even brick; microdot tracking bugs; the newer airport scanners that see through clothes; all of this stuff already exists and has been in use for at least a couple of years. And Brussels is going to have it re-invented? What do they smoke in Brussels?
Or is it that this stuff is invented in/used in the "evil US" and so the Polly Purebreds of Europe must come up with their own version so as not to be contaminated?

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-06-05 22:26|| 2006-06-05 22:26|| Front Page Top

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