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DARPA Testing Laser to Detect Sniper Fire in Iraq

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Pentagon is planning to deploy an experimental laser in Iraq to create a "virtual microphone" capable of detecting and homing in on sniper fire, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported this week. Development of that and other "exotic technologies" is being accelerated by the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to try out against discreet but deadly problems facing US forces in Iraq, like roadside bombs and sniping, the article said. "One of the problems we're having is that people in Iraq can almost do anything they want, and get away with it. We don't have...Read full article

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    Published: October 2003
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