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Blogs of War carries this article from the New Scotsman on military "X-ray" vision.

Soldiers Get X-Ray Vision

BRITISH troops have been carrying out secret tests on a revolutionary new device that allows them to ‘see’ through walls, scientists have revealed.

The tiny radar device works like the futuristic X-ray specs recently seen in the James Bond film The World is Not Enough.

Soldiers, including members of the Black Watch and Scots Guards, have been helping to test the machine.

The machine allows soldiers not only to see through walls but also underground to find hidden passages.

It transmits low-frequency radar pulses that can pass through the walls and detect objects and movements.

The machine’s antenna sensors can pick up enough information to create sharp views on a screen of what is happening inside a room.

The equipment can see through walls up to nearly a foot thick and the device is being engineered to have a 75ft range.

Scientists are currently working on a model small enough to allow soldiers to wear and use in battle. news.scotsman.com