Re: Obstacles, Part 3

Ok here is something I read about recently, biologic mine detectors! It
seems they can insert flouresence genes into bacteria that have a taste
for the chemicals used in bombs. You spray the ground with a solution of
bacteria and let it set for a while. In a couple of hours come back with
a black light and the areas of high flouresence will be where there are
buried explosives (read mines.) They are still working on this now but
it
looks good.  I suspect that nanites are going to be a little crude in
the
future.

Tom Hughes

On Mon, 4 May 1998 14:28:16 -0500 Thomas Barclay
<Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca> writes:
>John spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
>
 
>I know they are vulnerable to things. I'm just suggesting that their 
>are countermeasures to every measure. And that for every neat trick 
>we can imagine.... there is another one to counter it. 
>
>How about?
>
>Detection of mines using mass densitometers (grav tech?). 
>Detonation of mines using a vehicular mine sweep that generates a 
>huge EM field that may set off some types of mines. 
>Cancelling of ground pressure using Grav tech so forcing mines to 
>detonate with other sensors which can be spoofed.
>Sweeping of mines using robots (if not nanites). 
>Having all engineers wear light PA for speed and strength. 
>
>or on the other side
>
>Mobile smartmines that move around?
>Mines that have limited AI to resist sweeping...
>Mines that utilize SFB 'Captor' tech - have target tracking and 
>weapons so they are an active hunter rather than a sit and wait
>Sentry guns (a la aliens)?
>
>Anyway, there are more ideas out there than you and I can cover, and 
>I'm sure neither of us can cover an exhaustive ROE or tactical 
>doctrine for the deployment of such tech. I think this will be a work 
>in progress - never truly finished - as I suspect continuing changes 
>will show us new and different things we never thought of. 
>
>:) Tom.  
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