Israelis are not joking about this – they really, really want to be left alone:
For years and years, the Israeli military has been trying to figure out a way to keep Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip from crossing over into Israel proper. The latest tactic: create a set of “automated kill zones” by networking together remote-controlled machine guns, ground sensors, and drones along the 60-kilometer border… initial deployment plans for the See-Shoot system call for mounting a 0.5-caliber automated machine gun in each of several pillboxes interspersed along the Gaza border fence. Connected via fiber optics to a remote operator station and a command-and-control center, each machine gun-mounted station serves as a type of robotic sniper, capable of enforcing a nearly 1,500-meter-deep no-go zone.
There’s a ton more information in the original article. It’s really amazing what a high-tech society can produce when you put it under six decades of unremitting existential threat (h/t: MR reader Zoltan).
References:
* Robo-Snipers, "Auto Kill Zones" to Protect Israeli Borders [Danger Room]
Previously:
* Thusday Military Tech – Awesomeness [Video]
* Thursday Military Tech – DARPA Packmule Perfect Example Of the Hubris That Will Be the Death Of Us All
* Thursday Military Tech – Sniper Rifle That Can "Say Hello To You At Over A Miles And A Half Away" [Video]
