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How come they don't use artillery to launch? Does it damage the product? Too hard to aim? Wonder if you could ship drugs by just mortar with radio transmitter embedded. Way greater capacity and practically undetectable at landing site unless you have the receiver.



> This is just the latest example of drug smugglers' ingenuity, or more accurately, the ingenuity of the authorities who caught them.

Talk about blowing smoke. Border patrol saw these guys using a catapult to hurl drugs over the border and took their catapult. Where's the "ingenuity" on the part of the authorities?

I think a catapult is a great idea. Now I want to design a pumpkin chucker that hurls a steerable projectile for extra precision.




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