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2008-05-29 Science & Technology

U..S. Army wants to have every company in Iraq and Afghanistan have a Sensor Tower.

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Posted by 3dc 2008-05-29 01:50|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The Isrealis need to put a ring of these around Gaza.

Posted by phil_b 2008-05-29 02:25|| 2008-05-29 02:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like they may make good targets for RPGs to me.

Posted by gorb 2008-05-29 03:44|| 2008-05-29 03:44|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-05-29 04:47|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-05-29 04:51|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-05-29 11:33|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-05-29 12:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Might actually make the "fence" between us and Mexico viable/

Posted by RWV 2008-05-29 13:40|| 2008-05-29 13:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Are these similar to what we are assured(*) will in no way work on the US-Mexico border?
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(* by those who know better than us, naturally. Just ask them.)

Posted by Grenter Protector of the Geats4975 2008-05-29 13:41|| 2008-05-29 13:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-05-29 14:28|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-05-29 16:45|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-05-29 18:24|| Front Page Top

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