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U.S. Studies Israeli Anti-Tunnel Technology
(Breaking Defense) Arie Egozi - The U.S Army has recently launched an accelerated effort to train for subterranean combat. As a key part of that effort, the U.S military is studying Israeli technologies that have uncovered cross-border tunnels from Gaza and Lebanon. The highly classified Israeli system is based on groups of sensors that monitor the ground and provide warning in the event of a cavity discovery. In addition, IDF engineers have been equipped with a special conical penetrator, special drilling systems, systems that can be inserted into a tunnel to check it, a robotic system used to inject certain "emulsions" after the tunnel is detected and before it is destroyed, and another special "emulsion" used to quickly seal the tunnel's shaft.