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• Airborne IED Terrorist Attacks

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 468
  In light of the horrendous record of failed airport security measures,which are recorded in detail in my book 5 Unanswered Question About 911–the story of what the 911 commission failed to tell us– I am passing along this morning’s email on IEDs aboard aircraft, from Andrew R. Thomas, business professor at ...
  1 day ago

• Robotic vehicle to detect, defuse IEDs in Kashmir

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) A British-made robotic vehicle has been inducted in the Indian Army and will be used in the terror-hit Jammu and Kashmir to defuse improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by militants, a defence official said Tuesday.The state-of-the-art equipment called Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) ...
  5 days ago

• Afghan IEDs Hammered Soviets

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 161
  A US marine runs to safety moments after an IED blast in Garmsir district of Helmand province. Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty From DoD Buzz: When Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced cre­ation of yet another counter-​​IED Pentagon task force, he was clearly frus­trated with the inabil­ity of ...
  1 week ago

• SCARE" Software Predicts Insurgent Weapons Cache Locations Based On IED Attacks

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 161
  Cutting Down IED Attacks IED attacks such as these can provide basic intel for SCARE to predict weapons cache locations U.S. Army From Popular Science: The program generates hypotheses from available intel to finger IED weapons caches within a half a mile of actual locations. Improvised explosives used by ...
  2 weeks ago

• Artificial Intelligence Could Help Spot Hidden Bombs

  
  Offiziere.ch — Authority: 112
  by DAVID AXE “Let’s go get blown up,” said Staff Sergeant Ashley Hess, platoon sergeant for 2nd Platoon, Able Troop, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry. Hess, pictured at center, climbed into the cab of his Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected armored truck with his driver and two cavalry troopers. It was October 16 in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Air Force says goodbye to Camp Bucca

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  CAMP BUCCA — The 586th Air Expeditionary Groups 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron ended operations during a deactivation ceremony here, Dec. 3. The furling of the squadron’s colors marked the end of the its three-year partnership with the Army providing counterinsurgency, detainee operations and ...
  2 weeks ago

• On a completely different subject

  
  EU Referendum — Authority: 736
  A very good piece in The Sunday Times on how the Mastiff protected vehicle has been saving lives, over and over again. The story is told around Guardsman Stuart Cook, who survived three bomb blasts, a rocket-propelled grenade and heavy machinegun fire in which a round was stopped by bulletproof glass inches from ...
  3 weeks ago

• Drop the dead donkey

  
  Defence of the Realm — Authority: 486
  Taliban fighters are using donkeys as deadly four-legged bombs to attack British troops in Afghanistan, reports The Daily Telegraph . The paper adds that "the incident has alarmed military chiefs concerned that the Taliban are now using desperate methods to attack occupying forces." I sincerely hope that this is ...
  3 weeks ago

• Versatile IED Simulations Change As Quickly As Insurgent Tactics

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 161
  Keeping up With IED Tactics From Popular Science: Roadside bombings are, unfortunately, a part of daily life for troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and almost every day the military captures surveillance footage of improvised explosive devices being set and detonated. Rather than letting the footage languish, a ...
  4 weeks ago

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