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Article: Improvised Explosive Devices A Multifaceted Threat
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- Signal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Jul 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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No one-size-fits-all solution will stop terrorist bombers.
The fight against improvised explosive devices has shifted focus. In the early days of the Iraq War allied forces sought primarily to protect themselves from the blasts. Today, however, the counter-device effort now ranges from preventing detonation to breaking up terrorist networks that are responsible for the deployment and use of explosive weapons.
Communications are playing a significant role in helping defeat improvised explosive devices (IEDs). For all aspects of the counter-IED effort, allied forces rely on communications among themselves and with leading IED experts in the United States to jointly defeat the weapons and ...