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Army reveals armoured trucks fitted with LASERS to blast mines | Daily Mail Online
Published: 22:09 GMT, 22 June 2015 | Updated: 06:53 GMT, 23 June 2015
The U.S. Army and Air Force are working together to develop laser weapons that can blast mines out of the ground.
The vehicles would be able to safely explode mines and other explosives from a distance.
Currently highly-trained bomb disposal specialists wore body armour, protective suits or used robots to render an area safe.
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The vehicles would be able to safely explode mines and other explosives from a distance.
Called Recovery of Airbase Denied by Ordinance, or RADBO, it uses a laser to detonate bombs up to 300 meters away.
It also has the Army's integrated interrogator arm and manipulator claw, which can pull 50 pounds of debris up from cracks and underneath rubble.
Infrared cameras, driver vehicle enhanced capabilities and two alternators were installed to provide more than 1,100 amps of power.
With lasers, operators can negate the threat of improvised explosive devices, makeshift bombs, mines, and other unexploded explosive ordnance from a safe distance.
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center, or AMRDEC, Prototype Integration Facility, or PIF, U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command and the Redstone Test Center developed the system.
'Building the prototype was right in the wheelhouse of what the PIF is set up to do,' said Steven Colvin, PIF project manager.
'We were able to assemble a strong team of mechanical, electrical and design engineers to solve the problems, fabricators and integrators to build the prototype and technical writers to document the installation, operation and maintenance of the system.'
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Infrared cameras, driver vehicle enhanced capabilities and two alternators were installed to provide more than 1,100 amps of power.
'We may see hundreds to thousands of small unexploded ordnance items on a runaway or airfield but the RADBO will allow us to reduce the time it takes to get an airfield operational,' said Marshall 'Doc' Dutton, Air Force explosive ordnance disposal modernization program manager of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
'Currently, if a runway gets hit it can take days to weeks to get cleared.
'With the RADBO, runways can be cleared and operational at a much quicker pace.'
Another non-combat use of the RADBO is the ability for immediate range clearance allowing fighter pilots to use the range immediately after a live-ordnance drop training exercise.
Since ranges can be cleared immediately for repeated use, this capability has the potential to save lives on the battlefield.
- Uses a laser to detonate bombs up to 300 meters away
- Interrogator arm and manipulator claw can move 50 pounds of debris
- Could be used instead of bomb disposal experts in body armour
Published: 22:09 GMT, 22 June 2015 | Updated: 06:53 GMT, 23 June 2015
The U.S. Army and Air Force are working together to develop laser weapons that can blast mines out of the ground.
The vehicles would be able to safely explode mines and other explosives from a distance.
Currently highly-trained bomb disposal specialists wore body armour, protective suits or used robots to render an area safe.
Scroll down for video
The vehicles would be able to safely explode mines and other explosives from a distance.
Called Recovery of Airbase Denied by Ordinance, or RADBO, it uses a laser to detonate bombs up to 300 meters away.
It also has the Army's integrated interrogator arm and manipulator claw, which can pull 50 pounds of debris up from cracks and underneath rubble.
Infrared cameras, driver vehicle enhanced capabilities and two alternators were installed to provide more than 1,100 amps of power.
With lasers, operators can negate the threat of improvised explosive devices, makeshift bombs, mines, and other unexploded explosive ordnance from a safe distance.
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center, or AMRDEC, Prototype Integration Facility, or PIF, U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command and the Redstone Test Center developed the system.
'Building the prototype was right in the wheelhouse of what the PIF is set up to do,' said Steven Colvin, PIF project manager.
'We were able to assemble a strong team of mechanical, electrical and design engineers to solve the problems, fabricators and integrators to build the prototype and technical writers to document the installation, operation and maintenance of the system.'
+2
Infrared cameras, driver vehicle enhanced capabilities and two alternators were installed to provide more than 1,100 amps of power.
'We may see hundreds to thousands of small unexploded ordnance items on a runaway or airfield but the RADBO will allow us to reduce the time it takes to get an airfield operational,' said Marshall 'Doc' Dutton, Air Force explosive ordnance disposal modernization program manager of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
'Currently, if a runway gets hit it can take days to weeks to get cleared.
'With the RADBO, runways can be cleared and operational at a much quicker pace.'
Another non-combat use of the RADBO is the ability for immediate range clearance allowing fighter pilots to use the range immediately after a live-ordnance drop training exercise.
Since ranges can be cleared immediately for repeated use, this capability has the potential to save lives on the battlefield.
