MILITARY NEWS: THE WIDER APPLICATION OF RADIOELECTRONIC MEANS FOR RECONNAISANCE , BY COLONEL B. DUDNIK

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2012
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• Publication Date: February 2, 1962
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The Wider Application of Radioelectronic Means
for Reconnaissance
by
Colonel B. Dudnik
In a number of articles published in the Military News journal
it is fairly stated that it is necessary to apply technical means as
widely as possible for reconnoitering the enemy in modern condi-
tions, having in mind, radar, radio direction finders, and thermal
direction finders (teplopelengator), receiving-tracking (priyemo-
slezhechnyy) radio sets and others.
Fully sharing this point of view, we shall show that the electronic
means for reconnoitering the enemy which are referred to in the
articles far from exhaust those vast potentialities which modern
achievements in radioelectronics present.
Let us take as an example, a reconnaissance task such as the
timely detection of enemy preparation for delivering an atomic
strike. Diversionary-reconnaissance groups will play an extremely
important role in carrying out this task, operating in the rear area
of the enemy. Light, portable, narrow-beam (uskopolosnaya) trans-
mitting television cameras, set up near enemy lines of communica-
tion, in the vicinity of his probable atomic artillery positions and
other objectives, can be of great assistance to these groups. Each
of these cameras can automatically transmit to control points of our
troops a picture of the terrain and objectives located on it in a rather
wide sector, to a depth of up to 10 5 to 2 kmsa
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It is not difficult to use radioelectronic apparatus effectively
for reconnoitering the enemy. Thus, by means of portable radio
transmitters, "dropped. into. the enemy disposition, it is possible to
discover. enemy actions and-intentions connected with the movement
of.his combat and transport equipment. Having sensitive elements
that react to sound, vibration of the soil, or to thermal (infrared)
radiation, these transmitters are capable of transmitting informa-
tion about the enemy to our control points. According to the nature
of the sound of the radio receiver output a specially trained opera-
tor could establish not only the presence of an enemy target but a
number of its specific characteristics as well. Semiconductor
instruments, and also highly durable modern radio components and
materials, facilitate the manufacture of radio transmitters which
are not only portable but are also so durable that they can be
dropped into the enemy disposition by means of artillery or small
missiles. As far as range is concerned, these radio transmitters
would obviously have no substantial advantage over other radio-
electronic means, but they would substantially supplement their
potentialities, permitting reconnaissance of the enemy where the
employment of other means is not possible.
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Since the transmitting distance of the picture of the scanned in-
stallations is not .more than 10 to 15 kms, it is advisable to use them
for reconnoitering the enemy to a depth of up to 10 to 12 kms. It is
at this depth, as is known, that fire positions of such weapons of
atomic attack as 280 mm guns, 203.2 mm howitzers, the free rockets
"Little John" and "Honest John", the "Lacrosse" guided missile and
others will be located.
For reconnoitering all these weapons, apart from automatic
ground installations, a special airborne instrument may also be
made, in particular, a helicopter television apparatus. By day, it
can ensure observation of the disposition and movement of enemy
combat equipment and transport, also to a depth of 10 to 12 kms.
Moreover, a helicopter with such an apparatus rises to the minimum
necessary altitude over friendly territory, 2, or 3 kms or even
further from the enemy.
In order to reconnoiter enemy weapons of mass destruction
disposed at a significantly greater depth, special television: sys-
tems for aircraft, including pilotless, and in the future for missiles,
must be created. The whole complex of modern reconnaissance
equipment must be incorporated in this apparatus, including radar,
radiation, aerial photographic, and others. The television appara-
tus in this complex can also serve as a means of observation
(reconnaissance), and, together with the radio- transmitter--as a
means of transmitting intelligence data from the whole complex to
control posts of friendly troops.
As we see it, television equipment as applied to reconnaissance
of the enemy possesses extremely great potentialities. The data
of television reconnaissance are more operationally efficacious.
Enemy objectives in their natural appearance are reflected on the
screens of television receivers set up at our control points at
practically the same moment when they appear in the field of
vision of the lens of the transmitting television camera, i. e. ,
without delay.
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