---
title: "The Future of War? This 1000-Foot Long Barrier Can Be Set up in Under a Minute"
description: "RAID is an earth-filled barrier that can be packed inside a standard-sized shipping container and set up in as few as sixty seconds. Technologies such as RAID, futuristic rifles and bullet, and even artificially intelligent systems are redefining modern warfare."
date: "2016-12-14"
modified: "2016-12-14"
authors:
  - name: "Dom Galeon"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-future-of-war-this-1000-foot-long-barrier-can-be-set-up-in-under-a-minute"
categories:
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "military technology"
  - "modern warfare"
  - "raid"
  - "rapid in-theater deployment"
---

# The Future of War? This 1000-Foot Long Barrier Can Be Set up in Under a Minute

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hesco-raid.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="http://www.hesco.com/products/defensive-barriers/raid/" target="\_blank"\>HESCO \</a\>\</em\>*

Agility is a key element of military logistics, and being able to deploy quickly can be the difference between winning or losing a battle. This is where [HESCO's advanced military barrier RAID](<http://www.hesco.com/products/defensive-barriers/raid/>) could come in handy.

RAID, which stands for Rapid In-Theater Deployment, is an earth-filled barrier that can be packed inside a standard-sized shipping container and [set up in as few as sixty seconds](<http://www.businessinsider.com/this-trucks-barrier-expands-out-back-for-quarter-mile-2016-12>). Each barrier segment is about 333 meters (1,092 ft) long and 3 meters (7 ft) tall, and segments can be linked together to cover longer perimeters. The barrier can also be curved to make 90-degree corners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGqIpUXJijQ&feature=youtu.be

Technologies such as RAID are redefining [warfare and its future](<https://futurism.com/category/science-news>). Current military technology includes things previously imagined in sci-fi flicks and video games. The [railgun](<https://futurism.com/uss-zumwalt-the-largest-ever-destroyer-has-joined-the-u-s-navy>), [nuclear bombers](<https://futurism.com/russia-claims-its-building-a-nuclear-space-bomber>) and other [high-capacity aircraft](<https://futurism.com/?s=advanced+military+aircraft>), futuristic [rifles](<https://futurism.com/futuristic-rifles-to-increase-military-lethality-by-nearly-eliminating-soldier-error>) and [bullets](<https://futurism.com/wanteds-curved-bullet-now-a-reality>), Ironman-like [exoskeletons](<https://futurism.com/2018-will-be-big-on-special-forces-exoskeleton-tech>), and even [artificial intelligence](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-stephen-hawking-ban-military-robots-capable-artificial-intelligence>) are all a part of today's military arsenal and poised to revolutionize modern warfare the same way industrialization did during World War I.

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-john-galeon-9b086925/>)  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/domgaleon>)