Unattended Ground Sensor Borders – the Forgotten Solution for Afghanistan

Recent military conflicts identify the permanent feature of weaker combatants to take refuge in sanctuaries outside areas of responsibility. These territories in the vicinity of theaters of operations were used mainly for protection and survival but also for the recruitment, equipment, training or supply and support of forces directly involved in military actions. The expansion of the Hon Chi Min Trail supply network through Laos and Cambodia or the installation of a Taliban safe haven in Pakistan are examples that confirm their impact on the end result. The paper aims to analyze strategies that use sensors, drones and other capabilities specific to today’s arsenal of technology that can support military leaders in the field in solving this challenge of monitoring and controlling the boundaries of a theater of operations (TO).