Drug traffickers use drones drug smuggling: the United States deployment of radar monitoring of airship-IT information

In the United States, Arizona, United States and Mexico on the border, the fight against drug trafficking has been carried out. In recent days, drug traffickers began to combine technology, using unmanned aerial vehicles smuggling drugs.

Not only because the Arizona and Mexico borders a long, but also because a large part of the desert area, no human activity was drilled loopholes by drug trafficking, which made United States border headache.

Source: JammedUp News

In order to monitor and crack down on smuggling and trafficking, United States border patrol on the border placed the 6 giant airships equipped with low altitude radar to detect extremely low altitude of the aircraft. In helium-filled airship, to rise to 15,000 feet (about 4572 meters), with cables attached to maintain stability.

Due to the use of conventional radar can't detect low flying aircraft, border airship using a special "fixed air traffic radar system" (The Tethered Aerostat Radar System,TARS).

Source: CBS News

Not just drones, as long as any low flying aircraft will not escape the TARS from prying. Search radar images to be delivered to a California military base, there is someone monitoring in the event, the border patrol arrived within three minutes.

Combined with this new tool, you can greatly reduce United States overseas drug sources, preventing them from falling into the wrong hands.

毒贩使用无人机走私毒品：美国部署雷达飞艇监控 - IT资讯

在美国亚利桑那州，美国和墨西哥的边境线上，对毒品走私的打击一直在进行。近些日子来，毒品贩子开始结合科技手段，使用无人机走私毒品。

不仅是因为亚利桑那和墨西哥的国境线很长，也因为很大一部分属于荒漠地区，无人类活动让毒品走私钻了空子，这使美国边境部门头疼不已。

图片来源：JammedUp News

为了监控并打击走私贩毒，美国边境巡逻部门在边境线上安置了 6个配备低空雷达的巨型飞艇，以探测飞行高度极低的飞行器。飞艇中充有氦气，可以升到1.5万英尺（约合4572米）高空，并用缆绳系住维持稳定。

由于使用普通雷达很难探测到低空飞行的飞行器，边境部门飞艇就使用特殊的“固定航空雷达系统”（The Tethered Aerostat Radar System，TARS）。

图片来源：CBS News

不只是无人机，只要是任何低空飞行的飞行器都不会逃过TARS的法眼。搜索到动静的雷达图像会传递到加州的军事基地，有专人监控，一旦发生情况，边境巡逻队会在三分钟内赶到。

配合这一新手段，可以大大减少美国境外毒品来源，预防其落入不法分子手中。