DIY Thermal Imaging Shield

We've discussed the topic of avoiding detection by drones in an earlier post, including using a space blanket. Max Velocity has developed, tested, and now sells a tarp (the MVT Shield) designed to block heat signatures from thermal imagers.

The Daily Mail reports that Al Qaeda has released a video showing how to build your own thermal shield using tarps and aluminum foil. From the article:

Al-Qaeda have released a video teaching their fighters how to make 'invisibility cloaks' to avoid detection from U.S. drones. 

In the 16-minute instruction video, called 'Combatting Spy Airplanes', the terrorist group in the Arabian Peninsula explains that the shield can be easily assembled using aluminium foil and twigs.   

According to the video, largely complied from U.S. military public relations clips, the shield works by stopping a U.S Predator drone's infrared camera from detecting human heat. 

To make a shield, fighters are told to smear a body-sized tarpaulin with glue, before covering it in standard supermarket bought aluminum foil. More glue is then added, and the shield if covered with an additional tarpaulin. 

The shield can be further enhanced to offer protection during the day, the video explains, by painting it with camouflage colours, or by adding tree branches. It can also be easily folded up and carried.

 The video is embedded in the article.