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Originally Posted by thatguy96
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Originally Posted by Imp
This could have the animal right activists up in arms unless it can tell the diffrence  |
I think one of the problems is that it has human rights activists up in arms because it can't necessarily tell the difference. As already noted, these sort of defenses aren't suitable for built-up areas simply because of the potential for UXO to be scattered all over the place.
Apparently it did make it to Iraq, but I would imagine that Camp Victory/Victory Base is not necessarily near anything else. |
The idea of robotics is probably too early to let have its finger on the trigger ATM - unless a DMZ type situation (but pity help some political refugee sneaking over - the robot guard on the other side will chop them down as willingly as the border guards behind! - it would be as if we had erected our own set of APERS mines on
our side of the Berlin Wall!
).
Automated target detection to cue an operator to a point of interest (and engage only if required on command or under human operation) - is likely a better plan all round.
The 'super sangar' idea as shown in this article is probably far more realistic
http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/0...rs-and-blimps/
- Static O/P towers with a modern RWS on top, and surrounded by an RPG cage. Marry that with the above robotic detection idea - no auto trigger though, and you probably have a winner?.
Plus the guy behind the armoured glass may well spot something the gizmo totally ignores (Think Arnie swathed in mud at the end of Predator 1)..
Andy