[snowrip]

The all-weather, all-hours technology will be able to distinguish humans from animals and vehicles, determine a group's size and whether weapons are being carried.

Uhhhh... thats ounds great, but what happens when someone decides to put a half-dozen .380 rounds into the sensor arrays? This also presumes that the (Bush) Border Patrol has the manpower, and the will, to go arrest and deport the illegals they spot.

[Kellis91789]

Theoretically, the radar and camera systems can see for 9 miles. Can somebody hit one with a 0.380 from a distance of 9 miles ?

[sig226]

". . . what happens when someone decides to put a half-dozen .380 rounds into the sensor arrays?"

I was going to use the same concept but in the opposite direction:

"But potentially it may be the most effective way of deterring people from crossing the border."

Interlocking fields of fire are potentially much more effective.