Smile Habib. In a couple of days you will receive a notice in the mail to pay a $265 fine and go to traffic school.
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| Israel-Palestine |
| Israel Deploys Detection System |
| 2005-03-11 |
| Israel's military has deployed an advanced detection system that does not require constant monitoring by an operator. The Ground Forces Command has installed the Spider, or Stabilized Panoramic Intruder Detection and Recognition, along the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The Spider was meant to instantly detect and alert to possible intrusion by people or the presence of suspicious vehicles near the Israeli security fences along the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The system would also alert to the presence of large animals, such as cows or mules, near the security fence. "It's been in operation for a year both in the West Bank and Gaza Strip," Lt. Col. Michael, head of the observation unit at the Technology and Logistics Directorate, said. "It is not along the northern border with Lebanon." Michael, whose full name could not be released, said Spider scans a defined area for movement. The system provides an alert of movement and the operator could see a medium-resolution image of the location and decide whether to send a patrol in response. He would not provide the detection range of the system. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 The problem lies with the time needed for a patrol to get there Instead of a patrol, think of an armed drone loitering overhead or sitting on the ground all hot to go at ready five. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-03-11 10:55:29 PM |
| #5 Smile Habib. In a couple of days you will receive a notice in the mail to pay a $265 fine and go to traffic school. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-03-11 5:43:56 PM |
| #4 I believe it's already installed. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2005-03-11 5:27:56 PM |
| #3 Remoteman, "here" meaning "available to American troops" or meaning "the part of the Israeli system that they didn't mention in the article"? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-03-11 3:48:32 PM |
| #2 Take heart Anonymoose, the system you describe is well on the way. Units with machine guns are already here. Detect, assess, respond. In this case the response is delay/denial. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2005-03-11 12:33:31 PM |
| #1 This sounds like half of a system. The problem lies with the time needed for a patrol to get there, when that may not be fast enough. The easiest solution would be to construct some concrete-lidded pillboxes with automatically-directed mortars inside. If the Spider senses someone doing something clearly malicious, like setting up a rocket launcher, then it targets them with the mortar, opens the lid, fires a round, then adjusts fire based on the observed hit. The mortars needn't be large, as they can be accurately targeted, and could have a fairly rapid rate of fire. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-03-11 9:21:48 AM |