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Using Vomit as a Weapon
Strategy Page ^ | January 23, 2006

Posted on 01/26/2006 12:16:01 PM PST by billorites

Over the past few years, products began to appear, that were capable of detecting divers approaching ships or waterside facilities. Now there are underwater weapons that can disable the swimmers.

One of the more recent of the detection systems is the Cerberus360 swimmer detection system. This is a (large) refrigerator size device that is lowered to the ocean floor in the middle of the area you want to guard. Cerberus360 uses sonar to detect anything, large enough to be a threat, up to 800 meters out. Actually, during tests, it was able to detect an approaching underwater scuba swimmer at 900 meters. Cerberus360 works well in shallow water, and can be tweaked by the operator, once emplaced, to be even more accurate.

Al Qaeda groups are know to have bought scuba gear and trained for attacks like this, but none have been attempted yet. But last year, Raytheon Corporation got a patent for a sonar type device that can disable divers as well. The Raytheon "swimmer denial" uses sound waves that are tuned to cause severe gastric distress in humans. Makes you heave into your scuba mask. This makes further underwater operations difficult, if not impossible. However, Raytheon has not announced any timetable for the delivery of these systems. There may not be a large enough market to justify it. For all the talk about scuba equipped terrorists, there have been very few cases of this sort of thing actually happening. Most have been off Israel, where the Israelis have been able to deal with the problem without using an acoustic swimmer denial system.


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1 posted on 01/26/2006 12:16:02 PM PST by billorites
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To: billorites
Most have been off Israel, where the Israelis have been able to deal with the problem without using an acoustic swimmer denial system.

Bullets - the universal deterrent.

2 posted on 01/26/2006 12:18:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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To: billorites
"Most have been off Israel, where the Israelis have been able to deal with the problem without using an acoustic swimmer denial system."

Depth charges?

3 posted on 01/26/2006 12:19:11 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

30 seconds too fast


4 posted on 01/26/2006 12:19:47 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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To: billorites

Can you use this near whales? ;-)


5 posted on 01/26/2006 12:20:08 PM PST by linear (Restore Federalism - Repeal the 17th Amendment)
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To: billorites
The Raytheon "swimmer denial" uses sound waves that are tuned to cause severe gastric distress in humans.

Like the concept is anything new:


6 posted on 01/26/2006 12:20:30 PM PST by dirtboy (My new years resolution is to quit using taglines...)
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To: billorites
Barf Alert!
7 posted on 01/26/2006 12:21:31 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: billorites

Sounds like we've solved the mystery behind London's lost whale.


8 posted on 01/26/2006 12:21:40 PM PST by Old Professer (Fix the problem, not the blame!)
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To: billorites

If it works, it's a very good idea. A diver would HAVE to surface, where the rapscallion is easily dispatched.


9 posted on 01/26/2006 12:21:47 PM PST by Riley ("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
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To: dirtboy

I was gonna post a comment, but now I feel kinda sick.


10 posted on 01/26/2006 12:22:27 PM PST by wickedpinto (The road map to peace is a straight line down an Israeli rifle.)
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To: Abathar

Technically. I think depth charges could be considered an acoustic swimmer denial system. A very loud acoustic swimmer denial system.


11 posted on 01/26/2006 12:23:25 PM PST by magslinger
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>>>>Al Qaeda groups are know to have bought scuba gear and trained for attacks like this,


12 posted on 01/26/2006 12:24:03 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: magslinger
Technically. I think depth charges could be considered an acoustic swimmer denial system. A very loud acoustic swimmer denial system.

Yeah, just set them to "chili grind" and toss 'em overboard.

13 posted on 01/26/2006 12:24:09 PM PST by dirtboy (My new years resolution is to quit using taglines...)
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To: dirtboy

Please tell me that that photo is highly photoshopped-- please!


14 posted on 01/26/2006 12:24:09 PM PST by agooga (Less of the stuff that is bad for you / more of the stuf that is good for you.)
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To: Riley; billorites
If it works, it's a very good idea. A diver would HAVE to surface, where the rapscallion is easily dispatched.

Especially if he is suffering from the bends due to rapid decompression:).

15 posted on 01/26/2006 12:24:35 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: magslinger

Yep, no volume control on those babies.


16 posted on 01/26/2006 12:25:07 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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To: agooga
Sadly, no, it's not.

Which makes one ponder what she looks like WITHOUT makeup.

On second thought, I'd rather not ponder that.

17 posted on 01/26/2006 12:25:18 PM PST by dirtboy (My new years resolution is to quit using taglines...)
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To: linear

I wonder if that is why we had all those mysterious dolphin deaths.


18 posted on 01/26/2006 12:25:18 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: magslinger

You could do the same thing at anchor by stationing cases of grenades around the docks and on deck and encouraging the watchstanders to occasionally lob a few into the water. No damage to the hull of a docked ship then. :-)


19 posted on 01/26/2006 12:25:31 PM PST by Riley ("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
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To: dirtboy

Would that qualify her as a heave ho?


20 posted on 01/26/2006 12:25:51 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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