Posted on 10/22/2014 5:04:36 AM PDT by SJackson
The new three-tiered detection system is mounted onto the front of armored vehicles and possibly eliminates the greatest threat ground forces have faced in recent years.
The IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) has unveiled the latest defense against the threat facing armored vehicles from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and mines—a large rectangular multi-sensor system that is placed on the front of an armored vehicle, which can detect and then destroy hidden explosive devices from long distances.
The CIMS (Counter IED and Mine Suite), which was first unveiled in a US Army exhibition last week in Washington, DC, has three main components: an above-surface detection system, advanced ground penetrating radar and a powerful metal detector.
This three-tiered system enables the CIMS to detect hidden explosives underground, partially exposed above ground and those in camouflage.
According to a video released by the IAI, CIMS can operate day and night and through any weather at a rate of 10 kph for a 270° radius. The video also shows a machine gun attached to the tank destroying the detected explosives.
“CIMS was developed primarily in order to enable quick and safe ground maneuvers,” said Nissim Hadas, the Vice President of IAI and CEO of Alta.
Hadas added that “the development of the system was due to the idea that presently there exists no sufficient solution to this complex military problem that can provide reliable security for ground forces.”
IEDs and mines were the greatest threat to American soldiers in Iraq. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the average number of US soldiers wounded by IEDs between 2004 and 2008 was roughly 336 a month.
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Sounds like good tech. I hope we haven’t so thoroughly pissed Israel off that they will share with us.
Yeah, but what if some poor terrorist is simply carrying a bomb from here to there with no intention of setting it off today? This might blow him up and at that point the Nobel Peace Prize winner and his Peacenik Sec of State would pronounce a person like that innocent. They didn’t DO anything YET...you can’t just drive around killing innocent people. So that’s why we won’t buy any of these potentially “innocent-killing” devices. (/s)
Wonder what kind of multi-sensor data fusion algorithms they are using to get required clutter rejection and minimal target location area to perform at long range?
I’ve always understood that the Tenth Legion was recalled from Britannia to quell the rebellion. This means that they may have been there earlier than I thought.
Same old, same old, it’s dem JOOOOZ dey be causin all da problemos!
Making Omar & Achmed self-detonate.....no virgins for them. I love it!
I’m sure happy that we have a friend like Israel! I’m so glad that Glorious Leader would never do anything bat-**** insane like, say, cutting off their ammo resupplies in the middle of a war.
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