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Acoustic sensors on military helmets will detect snipers

25.05.2009

Remembering the aphorism "If you want peace, prepare for war," American engineers are increasingly equipping the armor of their soldiers with all kinds of electronics.

Specialists from Vanderbilt University completed the development in 2006, and have now completed testing of a system that will help the infantryman during protracted street battles. These are four sensors on the helmet plus a processor and a transmitter. Sensors perceive shock waves from a shot from a sniper rifle and from a bullet flying at supersonic speed.

The processor determines the direction by the parameters of the first wave, and the distance to the shooter by the second wave. The sensitivity of the entire system would be low if the helmets of all the soldiers in the platoon were not equipped with similar sensors and the data did not enter the commander's computer.

The display of this computer displays information about the position of the sniper, even if he is perfectly camouflaged. The whole system weighs the same as the four AA batteries that power it, and costs 1000 US dollars, and it can be assembled from parts available on the market.

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