Comments on: New High for I.E.D.s http://defensetech.org/2006/12/17/new-high-for-i-e-d-s/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 25 May 2012 12:37:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan D Hoffmann http://defensetech.org/2006/12/17/new-high-for-i-e-d-s/#comment-25724 Alan D Hoffmann Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:48:53 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2364#comment-25724 I was wondering if satalite tracking of vehicals in the local area would be practical. You could tag vehicals and observe they're movements. If you focused on suspected terrorists you could gain valuable intel while flagging hotspots. I was wondering if satalite tracking of vehicals in the local area would be practical. You could tag vehicals and observe they’re movements. If you focused on suspected terrorists you could gain valuable intel while flagging hotspots.

]]> By: chicago dyke http://defensetech.org/2006/12/17/new-high-for-i-e-d-s/#comment-152758 chicago dyke Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:00:55 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2364#comment-152758 http://www.veteransforamerica.org/index.cfm/Page/Article/ID/2330 sorry, didn't realize html wasn't allowed. http://www.veteransforamerica.org/index.cfm/Page/Article/ID/2330
sorry, didn’t realize html wasn’t allowed.

]]> By: chicago dyke http://defensetech.org/2006/12/17/new-high-for-i-e-d-s/#comment-25722 chicago dyke Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:59:56 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2364#comment-25722 surely it's important to remind everyone of this while we have this discussion. surely it’s important to remind everyone of this while we have this discussion.

]]> By: BT http://defensetech.org/2006/12/17/new-high-for-i-e-d-s/#comment-152757 BT Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:41:02 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2364#comment-152757 I have seen every video posted on the internet of US vehicles getting shredded by IED's, and I am still amazed the a few buried artillery shells, have proven so affective and difficult to defeat. It pisses me off the US Governent has failed miserably in this task. I am tired of watching body parts of soldiers held up on TV, used as trophies for insurgents. The best solution is to think like an insurgent, and better HUMINT. Unfortunately that will never happen, so the US has to do what it does best, TECHNOLOGY! It doesn't matter if the US has made some progress; IED's are still the number one killer. There are now more of them, they are more disguised, and they have more powerful explosives. They Pentagon should ban all humvees; only Bradley I have seen every video posted on the internet of US vehicles getting shredded by IED’s, and I am still amazed the a few buried artillery shells, have proven so affective and difficult to defeat.
It pisses me off the US Governent has failed miserably in this task. I am tired of watching body parts of soldiers held up on TV, used as trophies for insurgents. The best solution is to think like an insurgent, and better HUMINT. Unfortunately that will never happen, so the US has to do what it does best, TECHNOLOGY!
It doesn’t matter if the US has made some progress; IED’s are still the number one killer. There are now more of them, they are more disguised, and they have more powerful explosives. They Pentagon should ban all humvees; only Bradley

]]> By: campbell http://defensetech.org/2006/12/17/new-high-for-i-e-d-s/#comment-152756 campbell Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:25:05 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2364#comment-152756 surveillance....of roads.........is it totaly inconceivable that technology that can make a cell phone CAMERA, VIDEO, and MICROPHONE.....cannot also make a simple, inexpensive, remote, stationary planted, sensor to alert forces to potential bomb laying activities? does ANYONE have any reasonable explanation for deaths and injuries that could have been, or would yet be prevented by the above systems? ANYONE? (I don't propose to field responses.....send em to the powers that be....maybe, just maybe, they'll listen....) surveillance.…of roads.….….is it totaly inconceivable that technology that can make a cell phone CAMERA, VIDEO, and MICROPHONE.….cannot also make a simple, inexpensive, remote, stationary planted, sensor to alert forces to potential bomb laying activities?
does ANYONE have any reasonable explanation for deaths and injuries that could have been, or would yet be prevented by the above systems? ANYONE?
(I don’t propose to field responses.….send em to the powers that be.…maybe, just maybe, they’ll listen.…)

]]> By: lorri http://defensetech.org/2006/12/17/new-high-for-i-e-d-s/#comment-25719 lorri Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:52:27 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2364#comment-25719 "...good intelligence and good surveillance would make a big difference." I'd think a big part of the problem here is the seeming inability and/or unwillingness of Americans to learn second languages. This is weakening us not only in the military sphere but in all of our relations with the rest of the world. Why second-language education starting in preschool didn't become mandatory the day after 9/11/01 is a mystery to me. Our refusal to get our heads out of the sand on this issue is leading to "all children left behind" in terms of competitiveness and survival in the outside world. “…good intelligence and good surveillance would make a big difference.“
I’d think a big part of the problem here is the seeming inability and/or unwillingness of Americans to learn second languages. This is weakening us not only in the military sphere but in all of our relations with the rest of the world. Why second-language education starting in preschool didn’t become mandatory the day after 9/11/01 is a mystery to me. Our refusal to get our heads out of the sand on this issue is leading to “all children left behind” in terms of competitiveness and survival in the outside world.

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