A Sea King airborne surveillance and control (Skasac) helicopter hovers above Camp Bastion Photo: JASON P. HOWE
SAS Target Taliban Using Royal Navy Submarine Technology -- The Telegraph
The SAS is targetting Taliban insurgents and Afghan smugglers in the Helmand desert using Royal Navy technology designed to hunt down Soviet submarines, it can be disclosed.
The Daily Telegraph has been allowed access to operations along supply routes that involve radar technology traditionally used to spot periscopes breaking the surface and missiles skimming across wave tops.
Using a sack-like device with which helicopters carry the radar equipment, the Sea King airborne surveillance and control (Skasac) can spot camel trains, pickup trucks and insurgents on foot dozens of miles away.
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My Comment: One of the 'under-reported' stories of both the Iraq and Afghan wars is how technology is now making it easier to spot and track enemy movements. With pin point accuracy coupled with recognition software and 24/7 surveillance from drones, blimps, and aircraft ..... the days of heavy enemy troop concentrations forming without U.S./NATO forces being aware of it is now coming to an end.
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