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| U..S. Army wants to have every company in Iraq and Afghanistan have a Sensor Tower. |
| 2008-05-29 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 6-20 mi. hmm. Open areas on the mexican border. 40 mi front. 500 miles could be covered by 3 battalion bigade more or less. So a full light infantry dvision coudl do the whoe mexican border outside of where its already controlled, No need to keep any companies back. Just a local QRF and a BP agent to do the actual arresting. Units rotate in, and the troops get local chow and are considerably cheaper to support here in the field, logistically. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-05-29 18:24 |
| #10 Frozen Al: The cameras on these towers have a range of 6 - 20 miles It sounds like they are going to be placed where the locals have no business to be? Which means that anyone approaching them is a fair target. If this is true, then it may work. But if it's on a road next to traffic, they'll take it out. Heck, they may think it's worth it to make a run on it anyway, especially if it means an express ticket to meet Allan! |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-05-29 16:45 |
| #9 They woudl make the "fence" work so long as the infantry company was deployed with the tower. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-05-29 14:28 |
| #8 Are these similar to what we are assured(*) will in no way work on the US-Mexico border? -- (* by those who know better than us, naturally. Just ask them.) |
| Posted by: Grenter Protector of the Geats4975 2008-05-29 13:41 |
| #7 Might actually make the "fence" between us and Mexico viable/ |
| Posted by: RWV 2008-05-29 13:40 |
| #6 "Sounds like they may make good targets for RPGs to me." Gorb, The cameras on these towers have a range of 6 - 20 miles (depending on the height). Anybody sneeking up to a tower with an RPG will wind up having a close encounter with a hellfire long before they get in range. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2008-05-29 12:24 |
| #5 If I was a soldier over there, I'd sure want one of those "eye in the sky" gizmos. |
| Posted by: Thusoper Tojo5736 2008-05-29 11:33 |
| #4 This 2005 article on aerostats has a picture of the RAID blimp tethered to its tower. Go here and scroll down to RAID. |
| Posted by: GK 2008-05-29 04:51 |
| #3 You know after they work the bugs out of these things in Iraq, that they'll start emplacing them along interstates, in city centers, etc. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-05-29 04:47 |
| #2 Sounds like they may make good targets for RPGs to me. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-05-29 03:44 |
| #1 The Isrealis need to put a ring of these around Gaza. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-05-29 02:25 |