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| ScanEagle + ShotSpotter = Sniper Spotter |
| 2007-01-26 |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #6 Why do security cameras have IR LEDs on them? I thought they also made IR 'spotlights' for helicopters. I don't know how IR reflects off of things, but it seems to me it ought to work. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-01-26 16:09 |
| #5 Actually there are lasers that operate in the IR spectrum : invisible to the naked eye, but light up whatever they are pointed at like a spotlight. Use a hardened projector and paint the area that the shot came from, then IR scopes can be used against the shooter. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2007-01-26 16:07 |
| #4 Moose, you can't 'illuminate' with IR. IR Vision is purely passive. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-01-26 15:43 |
| #3 By itself it is not much, but they combine it with other systems to make a useful too. For instance, at night, once it has determined where a shot came from, that position is automatically and invisibly illuminated with IR. This makes it a lot harder to get off a second shot without a 50 caliber round passing through your head. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-01-26 13:11 |
| #2 To bad this solution is a waste of time. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-01-26 12:36 |
| #1 5089, *1996*...thanks..that refreshes my memory as to when the locals here were testing the X-locater tec in Redwood City. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-01-26 11:35 |