Eyes in the Sky: How CBP Combats Drug Smuggling with Blimps

By Steve Neavling 
ticklethewire.com Blimps hovering 10,000 feet above the U.S. border are helping combat drug smuggling operations. Customs and Border Protection is using eight unmanned, unarmed blimps as eyes in the sky as part of the agency’s Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS). “TARS is the most cost-efficient capability that we own,” Richard Booth, director…

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Investigators Report ‘Incredible New Lead’ in Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators believe they were searching the wrong area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The New York Times reports that authorities have moved the search area nearly 700 miles to the northeast after further radar analysis. Analysis of the radar shows the plane was traveling far faster than previously believed and…

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