Monday, August 22, 2016

I quite often write about various achievements of the Israel Defense Forces (the IDF).


In my opinion, the main achievement of the IDF is attitude to a soldier. In the Israeli army life of each soldier is the greatest value to keep and save which all the forces and means are applied. The Israeli scientists are constantly working on technical innovations that will help to save soldiers’ lives.

In the near future, the IDF infantry will get another novelty - the small-size radio-controlled combat robot, able to carry explosives.

The novelty has been developed by the Israeli company Roboteam, founders of which are two former soldiers from the IDF special unit, who know from their personal experience what hostilities are.

The robot moves on wheels and has a two-hour battery life. The robot can walk upstairs, take pictures day and night and can even “hear” an enemy, as it is equipped with five cameras and a microphone. This electronic sapper goes at a speed of 3.5 km an hour and can carry up to 10 kg of explosives. Special “hands” allow the robot to pick up and carry objects.

Such robot-sapper can significantly reduce the risk to soldiers' lives, as now an operational deploy can be executed by the robot, for example, showing the soldiers what awaits them round the corner. Such a “toy” is not cheap, a few tens of thousands of dollars apiece, but when saving lives of soldiers are at stake - Israel has no concept of “too expensive”. I think that the Ukrainian politicians should adopt these qualities from Israelis and take better care of the Ukrainian soldiers.

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