Solar Panel Pole Mount
Could this idea save American service members and Iraqi and Afghan military and civilian lives?
Strong box with cameras with nightvision mounted on them for 360 degree views wireless transmissions of video signals in powered by batteries and a Solar Panels placed on poles or on the tops of buildings to moniter firstly those roads that have the most IEDs planted in them and working down the list in order to detect them before they harm or kill troops and civilians. Wouldn't this also be vastly more affordible then almost all the other things tried so far and help troops make up for lack of numbers in order to better secure areas? And after US troops went home they would help the government's of these war torn countries stay afloat better and help them make up for areas they're lacking in. I know it sounds intrusive but streets and intersections all over america already have cameras to look for people running red lights and who knows what else and we're not even in combat zones(which I think should be stopped). Wouldn't this make IEDs virtually obsolete and help our allies?
Not a bad idea, but very expensive to implement. Then you have to ask how to keep the bad guys from monitoring the cameras? How do you get the bad guys to not just operate outside the range of the cameras? How do you keep the locals from stealing them? Who mans the monitors? Is it better than cameras mounted on drones?