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To: Jagfan who wrote (7787)	5/17/2004 11:19:40 PM
From: Orcastraiter	of 90947

Well lets talk about the Mexican border. It's 2,000 miles long. Currently there are about 1,000 Border Patrol agents to cover that border. Prior to 9-11 there were a few hundred agents. It's expected that there will be about 2,000 agents on the border soon. They are going to be using a combination of techniques, including high tech surveilence. I'm thinking that the Mexican border can be adequately controlled with the 2,000 agents...that's a man a mile, especially with the help of technology. They need to add several choppers and a few rapid deployment teams at the very leas to be effective against illegal immigrants, and possibly the occasional Al Qaeda member making his way. In Afghanistan the situation is different. First you have sparse populations in the mountains along the border. Difficult terrain. But the difficult terrain is your nemesis and your ally at the same time. Also if you're interdicting armed terrorists crossing the border, it's a bit more difficult that picking up a guy looking to pick lettuce in California. The system of sealing the border in Afghanistan would be significantly more difficult and dangerous. Air support is difficult due to the altitude. This could be over come by a change in blade design for choppers. Also UAV could play a large role as well. But primary to sealing the border in Pakistan would be boots on the ground and a thorough understanding of the terrain. Deep study of the topo would be required, and that in conjunction with working with the locals to identify trails and paths that are commonly used in the area. Additionally high tech surveilence methods would be employed. Radpid response teams would be needed and air support would be critical if enemy happened along an area that you were undermaned at. A difficult job indeed, that would require far more than a man a mile. I estimate that 10,000 ground troops minimum would be needed to seal the Pakistan border, with that being their primary function. Then of course you would also need air support and rapid response teams as well. The Pakistan border is about the same length as the Mexican border. To effectively seal it off you would not need to concentrate boots along the whole length. In the southern parts of the border air surveilance with manned and unmanned aircraft could could be deployed, in conjunction with troops on the ground and high tech surveilence methods. Liberal use of thermal imaging equipment and night vision is the rule in controlling the border 24-7. Orca

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