Well this pretty much takes the cake for brazenness...
TUCSON, AZ - Drug smugglers trying to get marijuana across the Arizona-Mexico border apparently are trying a new approach -- a catapult.National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system at the Naco Border Patrol Station say they observed several people preparing a catapult and launching packages over the International Border fence last Friday evening.
If the criminals had gone to college they would have known that water balloon launching funnels would have done the job in a much more discreet fashion...
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Are those Mexican troops???... (Below threshold)1. Posted by docjim505 | January 27, 2011 12:52 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Are those Mexican troops???
1. Posted by docjim505 | January 27, 2011 12:52 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 27, 2011 00:52
2. Posted by jim m | January 27, 2011 1:01 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Technically, that's a trebuchet. But then since when has the MSM been interested in accuracy?
It's not a bad choice. A trebuchet could send very heavy objects hurtling 100s of yards quite easily.
2. Posted by jim m | January 27, 2011 1:01 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on January 27, 2011 01:01
3. Posted by Kevin
| January 27, 2011 1:23 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
No those are the National Guard troops disassembling it.
3. Posted by Kevin
| January 27, 2011 1:23 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 01:23
4. Posted by Jay Tea
| January 27, 2011 2:07 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
No, jim m, that's a catapult. It's using tension as its motive force. A trebuchet uses gravity, with the use of a very hefty counterweight.
J.
4. Posted by Jay Tea
| January 27, 2011 2:07 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 27, 2011 02:07
5. Posted by Jim Addison | January 27, 2011 2:16 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Looks like a great idea - what could possibly go wrong?
5. Posted by Jim Addison | January 27, 2011 2:16 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 02:16
6. Posted by Evil Otto | January 27, 2011 7:08 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Those troops should disassemble it and store it. In a few years, when the economy collapses because of the incompetence of the government, those will be the only weapons we can afford.
6. Posted by Evil Otto | January 27, 2011 7:08 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 07:08
7. Posted by Shawn | January 27, 2011 7:27 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Interesting.
Maybe we could use it to launch illegals back over the border.
-Shawn
7. Posted by Shawn | January 27, 2011 7:27 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 07:27
8. Posted by Olsoljer | January 27, 2011 8:28 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Are you sure those are National Guard Troops disassemblying it? In order for them to be doing that, they would have to enter Mexico to get it, and that would amount to invasion. Not that I really care, but I am curious.
8. Posted by Olsoljer | January 27, 2011 8:28 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 08:28
9. Posted by jim m | January 27, 2011 9:09 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
JT,
I see. Rather than using tension at the axle they are using tension at the far end. Crappy design. They should have come up with a better design.
A PVC pipe and an air compressor would have been more mobile and more powerful.
9. Posted by jim m | January 27, 2011 9:09 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 09:09
10. Posted by WildWillie | January 27, 2011 9:33 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Shawn thanks for the laugh and the imagery. ww
10. Posted by WildWillie | January 27, 2011 9:33 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 09:33
11. Posted by Matt | January 27, 2011 9:44 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Due to impending budget cuts, the AZ National Guard is testing new, less expensive artillery platforms. Testing has indicated that the system is also quieter with less of a blast signature than previous artillery pieces.
11. Posted by Matt | January 27, 2011 9:44 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 09:44
12. Posted by Jeff | January 27, 2011 10:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Reduced Carbon Footprint Weapons
12. Posted by Jeff | January 27, 2011 10:35 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 10:35
13. Posted by GarandFan | January 27, 2011 11:13 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
"Secretary of Defense Gates is proud of his latest round of cuts in military spending."
13. Posted by GarandFan | January 27, 2011 11:13 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 11:13
14. Posted by Jeff in PA | January 27, 2011 3:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I say get an anti-aircraft gun and blow up the packages as they go flying across the border. Don't know if it would work, but it would be a lot of fun.
14. Posted by Jeff in PA | January 27, 2011 3:28 PM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 15:28
15. Posted by Tim | January 27, 2011 6:58 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Suppose they built a large wooden badger...
15. Posted by Tim | January 27, 2011 6:58 PM |
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Posted on January 27, 2011 18:58
16. Posted by narutofightindreamer | April 8, 2011 2:08 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's Wile E. Coyote gone into the drug smuggling business........ He evidently got tired of chasing the roadrunner or maybe even decided to team up with the roadrunner to smuggle coke and heroin!!...............Chuck Jones is laughing wherever he is these day's!
16. Posted by narutofightindreamer | April 8, 2011 2:08 AM |
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Posted on April 8, 2011 02:08