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From: ferguson@maitai.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Dennis Ferguson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Are there "smart" minefields?
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Date: 25 Mar 91 06:49:17 GMT
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From: ferguson@maitai.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Dennis Ferguson)
	
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There are several different types of "smart mines" under development. 
The one closest to deployment for armor is WAM (Wide Area Mine).  There
is another smart mine under development for helicopters called AntiHelo
Mine.

WAM senses the signature of the target from some distance and upon
deciding that it has a good target, it fires a SADARM type submunition
at the target.  AntiHelo Mine bascially listens for a helicopter and 
fires something like a Sidewinder (all aspect version of course) at the
target.

The communication system on which you speculate is under development.  
It is not simple.

Dennion s