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Article: DRDO displays advanced equipments to fight terrorism

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February 3, 2006
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New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is currently displaying a variety indigeniously built advanced equipment to fight terrorism at the ongoing Def Expo 2006, which started on January 31.

These include a Remote Control Vehicle which can scan various objects and defuse explosives and a Counter Mine Flail which can clear a mine field.

Describing the features of Remote Control Vehicle, Alok Mukherjee, Engineer, DRDO said that most of the devices can be used in fighting terrorism in many ways.

Mukherjee said, "This robot is specifically designed for handling improvised explosive device. In case of a bomb threat or unidentified baggage, this equipment is ...

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