To: American in Israel
The Israelis have a great sensor industry of their own and also pioneered the current generation of UAVs. The US Army's Hunter UAV was a joint US-Israeli project.
17 posted on
06/12/2003 9:42:55 PM PDT by
JackelopeBreeder
(Proud to be an armed vigilante terrorist cucaracha.)
To: JackelopeBreeder
Yes, but I am not talking about putting this in the hands of the army but the hands of the people under attack. The army does not let its hi tech stuff get in the hands of the man in the street.
It also has political winds that sometimes shift to where they might want to ignore crossings in some areas. The army guys in the field are trying to do a good job, but the ones above often do not supply what is needed to accomplish that.
If a homeowner with an exposed backyard could be warned when someone was crossing no-mans land toward his house 100 yards away and just turned on the lights out back, that in most cases would stop an attack dead in its tracks.
Exciting stuff.
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