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July 21st, 2010, 11:10 AM
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Re: Perimeter Defence Projects
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Probably I should have linked to an other article: most sources make it clear that the system asks for permission to an human operator before actually opening fire, so no slaughter of deers/whatever. I guess the software filters out rabbits and such.
As far as defectors go, north korean defect to South Korea by crossing the chinese border and then going elsewhere; far fewer obstacles and the guards are fewer and less likely to do their job than on the DMZ.
Going straight throught the DMZ would be as bad (or worse) as going throught the inner german border, not something you would want to try if you can avoid it.
AFAIK the advantage of this system is that you can have several robots doing routine scanning 24/7, something that humans are not very good at (cold, boredom, lack of sleep etc) and pass anything out of the ordinary to a much smaller number of human operator to figure out what is to be done, something which robots are not very good at. It saves manpower and makes less likely someone can slip by.
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Ok - no autonomous fire under robot control. So not a phalanx type CIWS thingy then. That seems to have been something the chattering classes missed in the press reports I read re this robot station. But then the press luvvies do tend to call any grey-painted war canoe a 'battleship'...
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July 21st, 2010, 02:38 PM
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Re: Perimeter Defence Projects
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January 6th, 2011, 03:26 AM
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Re: Perimeter Defence Projects
Update on the German MANTIS System. It's alive and still on track for deployment to Afghanistan by mid year, though under new management.
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/20961/
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March 26th, 2011, 09:25 PM
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Re: Perimeter Defence Projects
News of the last couple of weeks:
CERBERUS serves another "master" now as well.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...129/#more-6129
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April 5th, 2011, 11:38 PM
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