Defense: Obstacles Part X: Closing Some Gaps

A lot of time when it comes to obstacles you’ll want an obstacle with certain characteristics beyond what a normal obstacle would have. You might tailor it to deter a specific threat or take advantage of your existing resources. During this entry we’ll look at a couple of the common places we may not necessarily want to completely cut off 24/7 and examine a few methods of creating a temporary barrier that can be moved into and out of position.

One thing you might have noticed is how I started the obstacles piece in kind of a remote area and have been working it “in” towards the homestead. This entry will put us right into the immediate area around the homestead – literally almost in the front yard. The acre or two immediately surrounding the house and barns (what I’m going to refer to as our “point defense”) is going to be the focus of this entry as we look at ways to reinforce that portion of our area of operations. Now most of y’all probably don’t want to close off access permanently to the house (especially if you’re still interacting with your other tribe members) but you still want to have some kind of measure of deterrence when normal folks aren’t out and about.

First off I’m going to go back to our case study homestead and look at two areas we may need to have open or closed depending on the threat. Take a quick look at the pic below:

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