On 03/06/2013 10:55 AM, Onno Meyer wrote:
* What is TL12+ mine clearance? What are TL12+ minefields? Does
it differ from EOD?
The best way to clear an enemy mine field might be to troll a tasty
target through the field. This is probably some kind of ECM target so a
small drone pretending to be a tank, or a convoy, or battlesuits or
whatever else the mines may be set to target. The drones may be small
and tricky enough with ECM to survive or dodge a few hits so that you
hopefully do not need to use drones equal to mines.
Another method might be to watch the minefield while sending drones
through it to discover their location through emissions. If they use
active sensors or a communication network that might be enough to
discover them. Then the mines can be taken out by weapons or perhaps
bubbled in a force field or foam and allowed to explode harmlessly. If
the mines are not producing emissions then intensive active scans of the
mine field should reveal the mines. At the worst case every hard object
that could be a mine can be excavated and neutralized. The entire field
could be plowed and all rocks removed. As a side effect you can plant it
with a food crop afterwards :-)
Then of course the minefield might be under remote control by an
operator either human or AI who is smart enough to realize the
difference between mine clearing and actual targets. Before beginning a
mine clearing operation it might be a good idea to take control of all
the area that has sight lines to find and neutralize observers and
search for communication emissions and buried fiber optic lines. A
simple ground cut around the entire area should do for any buried lines.
A laser countering particle fog could interrupt communication lasers and
probably direct RF microwave. Reflection off the fog might also reveal
the presence of point to point RF or laser communicators.
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