We are putting locating devices on that, providing tactical communications, and integrating that with air surveillance.
Along with jammers, troops use air surveillance, robots, blast-resistant vehicles and mine rollers as countermeasures.
Qassim Atta, the spokesman for the Iraqi Military in Baghdad, said Friday that Iraqi forces planned and are executing the security plan on their own and are using their own air surveillance.
The Clyde is described by the MoD as a "highly capable and versatile vessel" with state-of-the-art air and surface surveillance radars, a 30mm gun mounting and the capability to operate a variety of helicopters from her flight deck.
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For example, stricter surveillance of air traffic in West Africa would help trace arms shipments.
"The UAVs will deter poachers who will now have to reckon with surveillance from air as well as on ground, " Mr Hussain said.
Britain has also started to put these principles into practice, by pledging to buy aircraft-carriers, giant transport aircraft, and sophisticated air-to-ground surveillance systems.
As a benign example of how transatlantic teams can stimulate competition in high-tech weapons making, defence analysts cite the fierce competition to supply Britain with an air-to-ground surveillance system.
By nightfall, NATO jets were roaring over Sarajevo on surveillance and close air support missions, but the U.N. was receiving mixed messages -- a five page long letter from General Ratko Mladic that the U.N. said was unacceptable and a short terse note from Bosnian Serb political leaders saying they would comply.
Operation Airbridge Denial had supplied information from US surveillance equipment to local air force planes for them to intercept suspected drug flights.
The funds will provide, among other things, five new helicopters to increase mobility for the Mexican army and air force as well as new surveillance aircraft for the Mexican navy.
Their wish-list includes surveillance and reconnaissance, close air support, air transport and medical evacuation.
The modern air wing can provide credible combat capacity with 80-125 air dominance, strike, electronic warfare, and surveillance combat missions each day.
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The RQ-170 Sentinel is an advanced high-altitude surveillance drone used by both the US Air Force and the CIA. It does not carry weapons.
Sitting at computer banks lining the expansive room, the Air Force analysts watch the video feeds streaming from surveillance drones and other military assets monitoring U.S. forces around the globe.
It's a tall order, but Air Force officials hope that an on-board wide-area airborne surveillance system (WAAS), which uses 96 cameras to generate nearly 275TB of data every hour, and a supercomputer hosting the equivalent of 2, 000 single-core servers will fit the bill.
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While the Air Force based its decision on cost, aviation experts say there are advantages to a surveillance plane with a pilot in the cockpit.
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