| From: | cobaltblue@********.net |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Security Gadgets |
| Date: | Sat, 4 May 96 18:21:15 PDT |
>Cool. Now how about a WAM (Wide Area Mine). As I understand it these are in
>the research/idea stage right now.
>
>Basically a WAM is a compact launcher that you hide behind a bush. When
>it's sensors detect what could possibly be a target within range (An AA WAM
>would be set up to listen for helicopters and planes) it pops out the
>rocket. The rocket is tumbling when it launches into the air so it gets a
>360 degree coverage with it's sensors. When it finds its target it fires
>off after it.
>
>I've read about WAMs with IR/Radar rockets for anti-air, I don't know how
>they plan to make one that goes after vehicles, and the anti-personel is
>planned to have an IR seeker (man-sized targets) which drops cluster
>munitions over it's target area.
>
>Of course the computer programs required to make target selection acurate
>would be prohibitivly expensive, but what the hey. This is the military
>we're talking about.
>
I wasn't in on this thread from the beginning, but the AP mine you're talking about
seems kind of silly. Why waste the $ on an IR setup for a mine? It's far easier and more
cost effective to daisy-chain 3-4 claymores to a noose trip wire and tape this low on a
tree across a common travel path. Or, bury several HE bouncing bettys and wire trigger
extensions between the mines. Even if private snuffy is probing for mines, he/she or a
friend will still step on the extension. BLAM! betty goes up and disperses 35 to 55 feet
of hi-velocity shrapnel. Do it right, and several go off in the same area. It's all over
but the cryin'. Also, haven't heard anything on my side about the mines you're talking
about.
cobaltblue@********.net
Rod Schmidt
Ft. Bragg, NC
