The Drug War on the Southwest Border: What Role 'High Tech'?

Abstract

This study focuses on the potential uses of new technologies on the Southwest border to detect narcotics traffickers and illegal aliens. Specifically, the authors of the assessment--all students at the National War College--were asked by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to evaluate the possible role of remotely piloted vehicles and unmanned ground vehicles equipped with modern sensors in the effort to control the U.S.-Mexican border in the 218-mile Tucson sector patrolled by the United States Border Patrol.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA436502

Entities

People

  • James Carson
  • John Kugler
  • Richard Cowell

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Radar
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Sensor Networks
  • Surveillance
  • Undocumented Noncitizens
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Cognitive Aging in the Guam and Border Populations Affected by Alzheimer's Disease and Tau-Associated Dementias.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs