urbanf@yj.data.nokia.fi (Urban Fredriksson) (03/14/91)
From: urbanf@yj.data.nokia.fi (Urban Fredriksson) portal!cup.portal.com!ts@uunet.UU.NET writes: >Does anyone make or use "smart" mines? >Such a minefield could do rather nasty things, such as wait for >a groups of soldiers or equipment to get deep into the minefield >before exploding. I believe it is a common practice to make a mine-field 'smart' by letting the foremost layer of mines let X tanks pass, the next layer X-1 and so on, before exploding. Also it is recommended practice to put the trip-wire for antipersonell mines some 10-20 m after the mine, to make it explode closer to the center of the advancing column. From what I've read in the newspapers about the mines in the coastal areas of Sweden (they are there now, with the safeties on) there are different methods to detonate them. Manually, optically determined or by sensor indication; automatically, using internal or external sensors; independently or under remote control. Since the sea bottom is full of mines, magnetic and acoustic sensors, all connected to some central, I guess you could call these mines smart. If it's a human or a computer deciding optimum detonations, I don't know. | Urban Fredriksson | I do NOT speak |"Bread cast upon the waters | | Stockholm, Sweden | for my employer! | always returns sevenfold." | | Reply to: urban@kista.relay.nokia.fi | I'm off the net in April - May |