Posted on 11/26/2004 4:27:02 AM PST by StatenIsland
An American “Prophet” Takes on the Prophet Mohammed’s Fighters in Iraq
DEBKAfile Exclusive Military Report
November 24, 2004, 10:18 PM (GMT+02:00)
Is the Prophet also a wizard?
On November 19, Lt. Col. Steve Iwicki, director of the Actionable Intelligence Department of the Army G2, announced that the 3rd Infantry Division’s “units of action” due for shipment to Iraq will be equipped with the first unmanned vehicles of the Prophet collection system. He disclosed that in the next few years, 9,000 of these new military intelligence positions will be deployed with US forces world wide, 5,000 with brigade-sized units, 3,000 at the division level, and 1,000 with corps.....
.....A ground commander equipped with a Prophet will receive on his laptop a comprehensive picture of electronic emitters within a battle arena of any size up to 150km wide and 120 kilometers deep. He will have a full view of his own forces in relation to the enemy and be guided in mid-combat to openings that will give his troops the advantage.
In the course of battle, he will be able to pinpoint, collect and electronically attack emitters, however large or small, beyond the reach of conventional reconnaissance – whether small, hidden knots of Iraqi guerrillas using any kind of communications or signaling gear, including a mobile phone, gadgets for remote-control of explosive devices or bomb cars, or even an Iraqi guerilla command center operating deep inside Iran or Syria. US commanders often know where an enemy position across the Iraqi border is located. The Prophet extends their reach and arms them with the option of long-distance electronic attack.
(Excerpt) Read more at debka.com ...
Cool new military toys...ping.
Maybe those sunglasses the troops have been wearing have been able to see through women's clothes all along after all?
Just keep buying American and funding American R&D and not Chinese
I just wish our troops had the little tennis ball cameras used by the Israelis to scope a room out before they enter it.
They do - except it's called a hand grenade. (At least that's how we were taught combat in cities.)
Got that right.
I trust nothing that they write anymore without other verification.
Uh-ohhhhhhhhhh. This is bound to make the Mooselimbs mad at us.
MI Ping
Never mind, it was a nug posting from Debka.
Probably find addt'l info at the Huachuca website.
Sigh. And to think I probably could've tested this system had I stayed in.
LOL - I'll let you know if I see any of these things scurrying around base anytime soon.
We do see the drones. They sound like mopeds overhead. I wish the military would let me play with the controls for just five minutes once.
No chance in hell, though. :-)
I want one for Christmas.
That could have been fun. I designed it.
Not what Debka is talking about, but the original in its GBCS configuration.
It was to be one awesome replacement to the TEAMMATE, Trailblazer, Quickfix; TEAMPACK, TACJAM, and TRAFFICJAM systems.
The PRD-14s are getting fielded soon. You know you're getting old when you say 'I used to hump a PRD-11', and everyone looks at you like 'PRD-11s?!? When was that, in Vietnam?'
You know you're getting old when you consider the PRD-11 the new system.... sheesh.
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