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Drones to patrol the USA-Mexico border

Washinigton, USA - The UAV will be used by the US Army to prevent illegal immigration

After months of tests the United States have chosen which will be the drone to be used to patrol the border with Mexico, in order to prevent the illegal immigration. And so after a ceremony which has been attended by some representatives of the frontier Police, the UAV Predator B MQ-0 began to operate in the base of Fort Huachuca, in Arizona. However the UAVs will start next month to fly over the...

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Rome, Italy, 11/07/2006 12:14
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