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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 2889792" data-attributes="member: 20715">The real trick, I think, would be detection of the PCs before they get close.  I would use stationary lookouts along likely approaches and roving patrols to cover the rest.  The patrols should have dogs, and everybody should have passive IR and night vision.  Remote sensors could also be deployed at random -- things like microphones or even chemical sensors.With area denial, remember that you're not trying to make the place impenetrable so much as channel intruders along guarded approaches.  Barbed wire and trenches are pretty quick for trained soldiers to deploy.  Booby traps are another option, including antipersonnel mines, punji stakes, etc.  You could even deploy surface mines with cluster munitions.The approaches to the spring should be heavily guarded...sandbags with machine guns and anti-armor rockets, supported by snipers and mortars.  Don't forget mortars!There should be a mechanized element ready to move to intercept when contact is made.  The best option is troops mounted in IFVs like the Warrior (<a href="http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/av/av_war.htm" target="_blank">http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/av/av_war.htm</a>).The bad guys should put out a notice to the public in the area that a terrorist attack is imminent, and that ANY suspiscious activity should be reported to the army!  That way the PCs can't afford to be seen by anybody.</blockquote>

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