Israel Has Developed Technology To Detect Tunnels Being Built At A Distance

An Israeli army officer during an army-organized tour in a tunnel said to be used by Palestinian militants for cross-border attacks. Credit: Jack Guez/Reuters

Washington Free Beacon: Israel Announces Development of System that Can Detect Tunneling at a Distance

Hailed as underground equivalent of Iron Dome.

JERUSALEM—Haunted since last summer’s war in Gaza by Hamas’ success in infiltrating fighters into Israel through tunnels, Israel announced on Thursday the development of the first effective system for detecting tunneling activity at a distance.

One of Israel’s leading defense electronics firms, Elbit Systems, said the system it developed in conjunction with the Israeli Defense Ministry is based on a series of sensors. Data that they furnish is analyzed by a control system, using algorithms. Terming the system “the first of its kind in the world,” the firm said the method enables the precise identification of tunnel building “without false alarms.”

WNU Editor: This technology will have value on the Korean DMZ where North Korea has a long history of building tunnels to the south.