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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