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2007-01-26 Science & Technology

ScanEagle + ShotSpotter = Sniper Spotter

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-01-26 11:24|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2007-01-26 11:35|| Front Page Top

#2 To bad this solution is a waste of time.

Posted by 3dc 2007-01-26 12:36|| 2007-01-26 12:36|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-01-26 13:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Moose, you can't 'illuminate' with IR. IR Vision is purely passive.

Posted by phil_b 2007-01-26 15:43|| 2007-01-26 15:43|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-01-26 16:07|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-01-26 16:09|| Front Page Top

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