IDF Develops Classified Underground System to Take Out Terror Tunnels

Ariella Mendlowitz : Mar 15, 2016
Breaking Israel News

The tremendous venture requires the most advanced technological developers behind it. The companies involved in the joint tunnel project, therefore, are the same as those that developed the technology used in the Iron Dome batteries...

(Israel)—Employing similar tactics to their terrorist counterparts, IDF forces have reportedly been working with America on building specialized tunnels to dismantle those of Hamas. (Photo: IDF)

Foreign Policy reported last week that Israeli engineers are working endlessly to develop what they are calling the "Underground Iron Dome," according to intelligence officials.
 
According to Israeli news agency Yisrael Hayom, Israel's tunnels are equipped with seismic sensors that can monitor underground vibrations. These specialized sensors will make it easier for the IDF to efficiently destroy Hamas tunnels thereby protecting Israeli civilians from surprise attacks in which people are killed and soldiers abducted.
 
The Israeli government has spent over $250 million since 2004 on this project and the US in 2016 designated $40 million for the project, Foreign Policy reported.
 
Christopher Sherwood, US Defense Department spokesman, explained to Foreign Policy that the ultimate aim of this operation is "to establish anti-tunnel capabilities to detect, map, and neutralize underground...
 
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