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These communities are insular and lawless, not to mention hours away from any significantly sized town. They know who belongs there and who doesn't. The spy wo

These communities are insular and lawless, not to mention hours away from any significantly sized town. They know who belongs there and who doesn't. The spy would have to be internal people who are turned, which is not easy either because these folks are not educated, and would have trouble hiding their new income or acting within the confines of a information providing program. Not impossible, but unfortunately, our government doesn't have the resources. Regarding drones, the area is impossibly large. If we had enough cash, live satellite monitoring and deployed army stations for every zone would be the ideal solution.

wavefunction 3y ago
"live satellite monitoring" are you talking about launching a geosynchronous spy-satellite as well as the analysis, communications and command structure to make use of the satellite information? Along with stationing thousands of troops deep in the jungle with no existing supporting infrastructure? And that being cheaper than deploying some loitering and FPS suicide drones? You could probably hike out with a "solar birdhouse" of FPS drones, attach it to a tree and deploy an FPS drone as needed while running 24/7 zones of loitering drone surveillance for very cheap. The real issue would be distinguishing between "illegal and prohibited" and "illegal but allowed" and "not illegal" activities in these communities since they rely so deeply on their environments for everything.
- gruez 3y ago
  Did you mean "FPV" (first person view) drones?
- bluepizza 3y ago
  It's really a lot of land. Amazon forest is estimated to have an area five times the area of Alaska. Drones are a drop in the bucket. My point was exactly about the fact that "cheap" doesn't cut it, unfortunately.