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From: ccspgo@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P G Overend)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Are there "smart" minefields?
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Date: 14 Mar 91 04:04:57 GMT
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From: ccspgo@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P G Overend)
I seem to remember reading several years ago about "smart" mines. They
were called BTRs (Bad Tempered Robots) and had two types of sensor,
audio and IR (??).  They could be programmed to ignore certain types
of target.  When they detected a valid target they would launch a
charge/shell of which they carried two.  This charge/shell (from 
memory) was to attack the top surfaces of AFVs.  The article only
said that the system was in development for the US forces.  I think that
they were to be deployed by air or artillery (what would the shock
of being fired do to all those components??).  A 'chute deployed to
help them land gently.  They also seemed to have legs which made them
self-righting.  Sorry, can't remember any more than that without 
referring to the article.

		Paul G. Overend