Military History
|
How To Make War
|
Wars Around the World
Rules of Use
How to Behave on an Internet Forum
Fighters, Bombers and Recon
Discussion Board
Return to Topic Page
Subject:
Iranian Avengers Assemble
SYSOP
5/12/2012 5:03:25 AM
Quote
Reply
Show Only Poster Name and Title
Newest to Oldest
Skylark
5/13/2012 9:57:31 PM
To counter low-flying UAVs, Israel should construct a line of steel-lattice radio masts along the border with Lebanon, and string lines of wire entanglements between them. Steel lattice towers have been used successfully as radio towers around the world for many decades, so these structures represent tried-and-true technology that can be purchased 'off-the-shelf' right now. Steel lattice radio towers are cheap, easy to construct, wind-resistant and should be all but impossible to bring down with guns or RPG fire from Lebanon unless the bad-guys got suicidally close or exposed heavy weapons like tanks and artillery which would make them vulnerable to counter-battery fire. Steel lattice towers can reach up as high as 2000 feet, so a line of (Let's say) 600 foot towers should be a piece of cake. The towers could also be used as a form of poor-man's "Dew-Line" defensive network, placing radars, cameras and other small, inexpensive sensors on the tower's themselves that can easily look far inside Lebanon 24/7/365. With a wire barrier in place, enemy UAVs will be obligated to try and fly over them, making it easy for them to be spotted on radar, (Possibly from the towers themselves.) and any that try to fly through would likely be entangled and stopped before they can enter Israeli population centers. The only feature I might add to such a line would be a way for the towers to raise and lower themselves mechanically, or wire curtains capable of being pushed aside like a gate to allow Israeli aircraft and UAVs safe passage through gaps in the line, as a way of keeping Hezbollah guessing, while they expend resources trying to knock the slender towers down, which could be done, of course, but not with an AK47, a light mortar or an RPG.
Quote
Reply
Latest
News
Most
Read
Most
Commented
Hot
Topics
NIGERIA: Blitzkrieg Breaks Boko Haram
ISRAEL: Go On Syria, Make My Day
NAVAL AIR: Keeping The Chinese Blind
LOGISTICS: The Flaw In North Korean War Plans
LEADERSHIP: Shut Up You Whore,
WARPLANES: Turkish UAV Exports
CONGO: Peacekeeping Becomes War
NAVAL AIR: Mixing Droids And Pilots In The Same Squadron
WEAPONS: Bigger Is No Longer Better
SUBMARINES: The Chinese Plan To Catch Up
MURPHY'S LAW: The Sad Death Of Euro Hawk
INDONESIA: Islamic Terrorists Down But Not Gone
BALKANS: Serbs And Albanians Sort Of Make Peace
MURPHY'S LAW: Searching For Mister Big
COUNTER-TERRORISM: The Other Al Qaeda
WEAPONS: Russia Resists A Revolutionary AK
SPACE: Chinese KillSats Threaten GPS Network
SYRIA: Iran Shows How It Is Done
NAVAL AIR: Replacing Carriers With Cruise Missiles
NAVAL AIR: China Learns From The Masters
ARTILLERY: The Tale Of The North Korean TELs
COUNTER-TERRORISM: A Taliban Cry For Help
MYANMAR: China Tries To Be The Good Guy
WARPLANES: Rafale Fades Some More
MURPHY'S LAW: A Melancholy Milestone For MiG
MURPHY'S LAW: China Bans Military Hotrods
KURDISH WAR: The Threat From Syria And Iran
YEMEN: Death Squads Gone Wild
WEAPONS: SEALs Succumb To Sig Sauer
SUPPORT: The Chinese Air Force Underground
Subscribe to Our RSS Feed
Submarines: The Chinese Plan To Catch Up
Weapons: Bigger Is No Longer Better
Murphy's Law: The Sad Death Of Euro Hawk
Naval Air: Replacing Carriers With Cruise Missiles
Naval Air: Mixing Droids And Pilots In The Same Squadron
WARS Syria: Iran Shows How It Is Done
Weapons: Russia Resists A Revolutionary AK
Space: Chinese KillSats Threaten GPS Network
Murphy's Law: Searching For Mister Big
Naval Air: China Learns From The Masters
WARS Congo: Peacekeeping Becomes War
Artillery: The Tale Of The North Korean TELs
Counter-Terrorism: A Taliban Cry For Help
Counter-Terrorism: The Other Al Qaeda
WARS Indonesia: Islamic Terrorists Down But Not Gone
Warplanes: Rafale Fades Some More
WARS Balkans: Serbs And Albanians Sort Of Make Peace
Murphy's Law: A Melancholy Milestone For MiG
WARS Myanmar: China Tries To Be The Good Guy
Murphy's Law: China Bans Military Hotrods
WARS Kurdish War: The Threat From Syria And Iran
Weapons: SEALs Succumb To Sig Sauer
Support: The Chinese Air Force Underground
WARS Yemen: Death Squads Gone Wild
Air Defense: Russian Tech Fails To Protect Syria
NAVAL AIR: Replacing Carriers With Cruise Missiles
AIR DEFENSE: Russian Tech Fails To Protect Syria
WARPLANES: Rafale Fades Some More
COUNTER-TERRORISM: A Taliban Cry For Help
YEMEN: Death Squads Gone Wild
CHINA: Cracking Down On North Korea
ARTILLERY: The Tale Of The North Korean TELs
CONGO: Peacekeeping Becomes War
INDONESIA: Islamic Terrorists Down But Not Gone
MURPHY'S LAW: The Sad Death Of Euro Hawk
NAVAL AIR: Mixing Droids And Pilots In The Same Squadron
COUNTER-TERRORISM: The Other Al Qaeda
SUPPORT: The Chinese Air Force Underground
ATTRITION: The Cost Of Good Intentions
MURPHY'S LAW: North Korea And The High Tech Horror
MURPHY'S LAW: Searching For Mister Big
BALKANS: Serbs And Albanians Sort Of Make Peace
MYANMAR: China Tries To Be The Good Guy
SYRIA: Iran Shows How It Is Done
SPACE: Chinese KillSats Threaten GPS Network
Dirty Little Links: News Links.
Naval Air: Replacing Carriers With Cruise Missiles
Murphy's Law in Action: The Sad Death Of Euro Hawk
Naval Air: Mixing Droids And Pilots In The Same Squadron
Congo: Peacekeeping Becomes War
Books of Interest
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Liberation Trilogy)
Fallujah Awakens: Marines, Sheikhs, and the Battle Against al Qaeda (Blue and Gold)
SPECIAL OPERATIONS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
From Amazon
News
How To Make War
Wars Around The World
Austin Bay's On Point
StrategyTalk
Dirty Little Secrets
Features
Al Nofi's CIC
Prediction Market
Wargames
Measure of Respect
On War and Warfare
Videos
Photos
Jokes
Community
Military Discussion Boards
Military Jokes
Military Photos
Military Book Reviews
Military Movie Reviews
StrategyPage
Subscribe
Login
Feedback
About Us
Search
Account Manager
Advertise With Us
Search