Ukraine’s new, man portable, early warning systems.

ROBIN HORSFALL

APR 25, 2025

A soldier’s best friend is a —

Ukraine’s new, man portable , early warning systems.

Infantry soldiers are taught their best friend is their rifle; that’s true. On the other hand, more than 70% of infantry casualties are caused by artillery. So, anything that protects a soldier from artillery fire will rise equal first on a friend list as far as soldiers are concerned.

Ukrainian infantry, have a new low-cost early warning system which indicates enemy incoming artillery fire up to twenty seconds before it lands. That’s enough time to get into good cover.

The system fits into a large pocket, requires no batteries, and can operate independently. Soldiers on Ukraine’s front lines claim their new system is superior to all other warning systems. Often, artillery rounds must strike home before anyone is aware of incoming fire, especially with mortars.

These new systems are readily available and can self-replicate. They have two small radar units that can swivel 180 degrees. When used at night they can detect approaching enemy troops and drones by raising their scanners and face the approaching danger. Their detection rate is almost 100% accurate. The new system is called Felis Silvestrus Catus, – a pet cat.

Ukrainian soldiers are renowned for their love of animals. Many soldiers have rescued cats in the war zone and carry them as companions. In return for their kindness, soldiers have been provided with a life-saving friend. Warning of incoming artillery is given when their cats suddenly prick up their ears and run into cover.

Cats have an amazing hearing system and can detect sounds far outside the human range. Cats rely on acute hearing as an important part of their hunting. Unlike canines and humans, they don’t tend to chase prey over long distances. Instead, they wait and listen for prey nearby, listening for minute sounds like scurrying rodents and lay in ambush waiting to pounce: their ears are fine-tuned for this job. When reacting to drones they will freeze and flatten their ears in the same way they would react to a large bird of prey hunting them from the air.

Like most animals, their ears both catch and amplify sound waves, but cats’ cone-shaped ears can amplify sound waves up to two or three times for frequencies between 2,000 and 6,000 Hertz (Hz). Cats can move their ears up to 180 degrees, helped by 32 muscles in their outer ears (we only have six). This allows them to accurately locate sounds.

We share the same lower hearing limit as cats, which is about 20 Hz, but there’s a huge difference in the upper limits of what cats hear. Humans hear frequencies of up to 20,000 Hz, which falls as we age. Cats hear sounds about three times higher than humans up to 64,000 Hz. 

In combat, artillery must be located and have its target evaluated by radar and computer before any warning can be communicated to the target area. This might work at forty miles distance, but it is impossible to warn front line troops before the first rounds strike.

The unique abilities of cats fill this gap. That ten to twenty second warning saves lives.

Smarter than the average human (lol), the cat quickly learns sounds that lead to explosions. Once learned, the cat becomes a soldier’s best friend.

Keep them warm

Keep them, fed

In return

You’re not dead

Being kind has its own rewards.

Slava Ukraini!

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