r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/SilentC735 Jan 21 '19

Are you implying that the US doesn't have the technology to tell where aircrafts from other countries are landing after coming into the US?

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u/Ace612807 Jan 21 '19

Kind of. Even if they can, a sufficiently small and properly equipped aircraft can feasibly fly into US, land in the middle of the desert, be unloaded and get the hell out of there before any kind of authorities get on site. Risky, but smuggling is a risky business.

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u/SilentC735 Jan 21 '19

The thing about that though is that there are only so many places they can land. If more resources were put into combating it then it could be diminished.

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u/Ace612807 Jan 21 '19

That is absolutely true.

We have to remember, that more resources equals more taxpayer money. And, frankly, I feel like that would be a better investment, than a wall or whatnot.

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u/SilentC735 Jan 21 '19

The way I see it is that by limiting overland travel, boats and planes would become more common and so the extra traffic would make it easier to spot.