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German firm marketing smart-bomb defense system
Edited for brevity.You donât have to be one of the retired generals on cable TV to see how important precision-guided, "smart" bombs have been to the U.S. militaryâs recent successes. Laser- and satellite-directed munitions have allowed U.S. forces to target individual buildings in Baghdad or Kabul, without harming the surrounding neighborhood. But a German firm says it has developed effective countermeasures to at least some smart bombs. And itâs about to sell these defenses on the open market, reports Janeâs International Defence Review. The system, developed by Buck Neue Technologien, uses a series of 32 decoy rounds, all fired within seconds, to distract laser-guided munitions from their intended target. The 81 mm decoys are filled with chaff, to stop radar-seekers, and red phosphor, to create a cloud that blocks infrared light. Buck Neue Technologien has already built a version of their bomb defenses for navies. Itâs called Multi-Ammunition Softkill System, or MASS. [CEO] Papperger tells Janeâs that his company has been "approached by âcertain very wealthy people in Asiaâ who would have an interest in the capability offered by MASS to protect their homes against missile attack." Vielen Dank, Herr Papperger. Hope itâs as effective as those Soviet GPS jammers Saddam tried. Posted by: Dar 2003-08-11 |
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