Pentagon bizarro-tech chiefs have issued a requirement for
mysterious sensor systems which would be able to peer through
concrete walls to produce a complete internal picture of a
building. US Forces would use such kit for "overseas
urban building interior awareness".
The new plans are known as "Comprehensive Interior Reconnaissance",
and come - of course - from famed off-the-wall military tech
bureau DARPA, where they believe it's better to invent a head-mounted
multispectral imaging device than curse the darkness. The
Pentagon brainiacs note:
As overseas military and
peace-keeping operations have expanded in urban environments,
our adversaries have adopted asymmetric strategies such as
hiding in and operating out of civilian buildings ... it is
imperative that we develop technologies to allow US Forces
to confidently manoeuvre within urban interiors whether above
or below ground ...
Once specific buildings have been identified as deserving
closer scrutiny, our forces [will] concentrate specific resources
on these buildings to support tactical planning. Deployed
sensors can spend more time providing detailed situational
awareness of a single building, determining its floor plan,
underground extent, and underground ingress and egress ...
Additional sensors can
be carried by blue forces as they enter the structure to verify
or refine the interior situational awareness and improve our
forces manoeuverability.
Specifically, the war-nerds think that operational systems
would be deployed in vehicles and aircraft, or perhaps placed
near a building of interest by US personnel. The latter static
jobs should be no bigger than backpack sized, and "compatible
with clandestine operations".
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