Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!cbnews!military
From: portal!cup.portal.com!ts@uunet.UU.NET
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Are there "smart" minefields?
Message-ID: <1991Mar12.231453.29226@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 12 Mar 91 23:14:53 GMT
Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (william.b.thacker)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Lines: 15
Approved: military@att.att.com



From: portal!cup.portal.com!ts@uunet.UU.NET
Does anyone make or use "smart" mines?  For example, suppose you
put a CPU and some simple communication system, such as a very low
power radio, in each mine.  Each mine would communicate with its
neighbors.

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.

					Tim Smith

ps: instead of a land mine, one could call this a lan mine! (sorry)