Bro, identification of the tunnels is an easy job. Our guys there know where the tunnels are. OKK also has specialized equipment that can do even more than that.The issue is that a lot of these tunnels are bored through mountains/are caves in the mountains. It's pretty hard to effectively target them with air dropped bombs.
In fact, I think we are seeing the limits of air-to-ground precision guided bombs... They are great for fighting conventional foes and hitting larger assets, but not particularly suitable for COIN warfare in mountainous terrain.
Autonomous helicopters and large quadrocopters specifically designed to seek, investigate and engage cave/tunnel targets are the next step we must take.
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These would be true hunter-killers up in those mountains
The problem is that the current tactics and methods for cleansing them are not working anymore. We are not talking about caves or a 200m long tunnel. We are talking about multi-floor kilometers long tunnels. Dropping bombs at the exit or ventilation holes don't work anymore. As far as I remember when it comes to the Seri tunnel (we have martyrs still inside), even drilling didn't work as the rock is extremely hard.
We need an innovation, otherwise we may be stuck there for even 10 more years without result while they are even expanding the tunnels from inside.