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| SURFACE WAVE RADAR; Shore-based 24/7 EEZ surveillance | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 23 2005, 06:07 AM (1,464 Views) | |
| possible | Jun 23 2005, 06:07 AM Post #1 |
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Economic crimes are possibly the major cause of revenue loss which unjustly deprives Filipinos of much-needed funds for basic services and national development. Many of these crimes occur across our vast marine waters, such as smuggling, poaching/illegal fishing by foreign fishing vessels and piracy. The traditional solution is sea and air patrols but, even assuming the Navy and Coast Guard receive modernization, these are time-consuming, expensive, and inefficient or, worse, ineffective since too often a ship or plane may be somewhere other than where it's needed. A better response would be a comprehensive coastal surveillance system, which detects suspicious activity and passes on this information in a timely manner to sea, air and ground-based assets which then react rapidly to obtain positive confirmation of the threat and, once this is received, deals with it decisively. Aside from the savings gained from reduced patrols, this solution offers other benefits such as: 1. Smaller, less-expensive to run ships can be used since emphasis is on speed not endurance (which drives ship size). 2. Fewer ships and planes are needed, especially if alternative technology is employed for positive confirmation (such as small, low-cost maritime UAVs). 3. Sailors are freed up for other productive work, such as building schools or delivering medical services to remote or neglected areas, conducting valuable research into the state of the country’s marine resources, and of course cooperating with the Army and Air Force in dealing with other threats to national security. 4. Such a system benefits the public in other ways, for example monitoring ship traffic to prevent maritime accidents, providing better warning of approaching typhoons, and aiding in SAR and disaster response operations. Since the rationale is to put a halt to lost revenue and save money over traditional methods, the system must be cost-effective, as in offer the best performance for the least investment. Unfortunately, conventional surveillance radars are not only expensive to acquire, operate and maintain, they also suffer from restricted coverage because of the limitations of their basic design. Fortunately, emerging technology is offering an alternative
Worth looking into…:crawling: |
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| flipzi | Jun 23 2005, 12:40 PM Post #2 |
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These equipments will do us a lot. How much? |
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| fieldmouse | Jun 23 2005, 05:45 PM Post #3 |
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just the right equipment for the coast watch stations discussed in another thread, if we can afford it. |
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| flipzi | Jun 23 2005, 05:59 PM Post #4 |
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The DND can easily defend the procurement of this equipments because this will definitely boost our effort to curb smuggling. If the Coast Guard was able to get the the Tennix ships because of the economic considerations, then the Navy should also get these equipments. Smugglers frequently use the shores in Ilocos to bring in big bikes and other highly-taxable goods. It's one of the factors that kill our local industry. |
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| possible | Jun 24 2005, 04:04 AM Post #5 |
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according to these guys
but that's for one manufacturer. because HFSWR is modular (ranging from huge coastal sites to compact systems transportable in a single vehicle) i assume price varies with the buyer's requirements. also, since competing HFSWR technologies are on offer, each claiming better performance, some companies would put a premium on their product over others. i agree, this investment would not be difficult to defend if ever. but as always the merits are for the real decision-makers to examine. |
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| flipzi | Jun 24 2005, 12:53 PM Post #6 |
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$5 million? Reasonable enough for our budget. 3 of these will really do good for our economy. 1 for Ilocos, 1 for Cagayan and another for eastern coast of Mindanao. 3 more to guard the eastern coast will do great for our local economy, considering the complete elimination of smuggling. |
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| possible | Jun 27 2005, 05:19 AM Post #7 |
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$5 million is around P130 million. according to these guys
pics of actual HF surface wave radars ![]() ![]() http://www.zentechnical.com just rows and rows of antennae. the main issue with this type of HFSWR is the space needed to set up those arrays (up to one kilometer long!) and the cost of so many aluminum poles. the proponents of this technology counter by pointing-out that their product is still much cheaper than all other radars of similar performance (the existing alternative starts at $100 million) and that those flimsy-looking poles are actually more typhoon-resistant (the site shown above is usually left unmanned). ![]() http://hf.met.no not yet the competition, but getting there: as stated earlier (PDF!), there is a competing technology within the HFSWR field, main attraction is compactness and lower cost (under $1 million), but still in the experimental stage. the pic above is an earlier product from the same company, but not meant for ship detection. still, this gives an idea of the projected coastal surveillance model's dimensions. |
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