Increasing Patrol Of Northern Border

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Increasing Patrol Of Northern Border

By KBJR News 1

Story Published: May 13, 2008 at 5:32 AM CDT

Story Updated: May 13, 2008 at 5:32 AM CDT

The chief of the U.S. Northern Command says the Pentagon is working with civillian authorities to increase monitoring of the northern border.

Defense officials are working with the Federal Aviation Administration and Canadian authorities on the project.

The groups are trying to determine how unmanned aircraft can be used without interfering with busy commercial air traffic routes.

The effort would also use more high-tech sensors and cameras...like those developed for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The increased military presence is in response to shrinking arctic ice, which is expanding the amount of navigable waters.

That makes it easier for security threats to sail from overseas and travel over land south into the United States.

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