The Hunter System. Sounds like a battlefield program right out of Dune. But it’s real. And it’s the latest software unleashed by the IDF to detect threats.

The IDF announced the launch of the Hunter System last week on its website.

The Hunter system detects rocket launches, drones, and other possible terrorist threats in real time, allowing soldiers to respond accordingly. Information about the threats comes from sensors in the field and what the IDF’s intelligence units already monitor.

IDF representatives from intelligence, fire control, and air force units sit in rooms full of computers, where they remotely locate and confirm terrorist attacks that endanger soldiers out in the field.

Lieutenant E in the IDF described the Hunter System this way: “Imagine Google Maps software—but for the battlefield in Gaza. The system gathers indications of threats and allows users to receive information about them.” Once the information is received, soldiers decide whether to respond to the threat.

The idea for the system was discussed before the war when the IDF realized that different terrorist cells didn’t share just one comprehensive attack platform.

The Hunter System has already been credited with saving lives. Lieutenant E noted, “Many times, we saw events happening in real-time pop up in the system, and immediately, a force jumped to the scene to neutralize them.”

The Hunter System continues to develop, with new updates constantly being integrated. The ideal goal? To add more attack features so everyone within the army can access them.