Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
Australia: Drone
'used to carry drugs near prison'
What’s a drone? It’s
an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or UAV in short. It has been used in military for
missions like reconnaissance or bombing, quite routinely in Afghanistan and
Pakistan by the U.S.
It reduces the
cost and risk of the mission significantly compared to a manned operation while
providing nearly the same accomplishment.
Because of its
simple structure, the cost of making or getting drones is so low that even for
carrier services like UPS or retailers like Amazon are planning to use them for
delivery. Sounds convenient and efficient, doesn’t it?
The problem is
that such benefits can also be enjoyed by those who try to avoid the risk of
being captured for their criminal or illegal conducts. Smuggling is one of such
examples. One could fly a drone to drop off something valuable to a prisoner,
such as drugs, cigarettes, tools to escape or even a knife or gun. It also
could be used to cross the border to smuggle things valuable to the other side.
Border control agents may need to be trained to shoot down a drone some day.
Enjoy reading and
learning how a drone was used in Australia and how drones could be used.
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