The Army wants reusable, networked landmines
By Todd South
Wednesday, Oct 13
Soldiers emplace anti-personnel, anti-tank terrain shaping obstacle device. (Army)
Army combat engineers are looking for new ways to deploy “terrain shaping obstacles” or landmines by artillery, drone or robot ground vehicles for the close, middle and long-range fight.
Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in his Wednesday presentation at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting that the regiment’s no. 1 priority for modernization is terrain shaping.
Better aviation platforms, networks and ground vehicles offer a new breadth and depth to war, but terrain shaping denies the enemy the ability to effectively use their own systems and puts the control of the battlefield tempo into soldiers’ hands, Spellmon said.
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