2 days ago by Freak

Set in Iraq in a post-invasion time The Hurt Locker follows a group of American Soldiers who spend most of their time trying to locate and dissuse bombs or IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). It seems also to be another film with a terrible title, but then maybe you’ve got to be down with the milit ...

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3 days ago by Amy Steele

Title: Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq Author: Christopher Coppola, M.D., LTC, USAF ISBN: 978-0984053117 Pages: 285 Publisher: NTI Upstream (February 1, 2010) Category: non-fiction Review source: Library Thing Early Reviewers Rating: 4.5/5 There is no one around and the housing compound is sile ...

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4 days ago by Bookyards

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 u ...

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6 days ago by david

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 Octobe ...

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10 days ago by Richard

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 glas ...

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13 days ago by Richard

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 ...

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22 days ago by Bookyards

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 la ...

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28 days ago by Tom Cox

“We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us up, and by their great stature add to ours.” — Metalogicon, John of Salisbury, 1159 Ve ...

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31 days ago by Herschel Smith

This informative 60 Minutes video documentary on IEDs in Afghanistan is worthwhile viewing. Watch CBS News Videos Online But except for the increased sophistication of IEDs in Iraq as opposed to Afghanistan (or said another way, the more basic and simple IEDs in Afghanistan), this documentary could ...

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33 days ago by Mandy

The Cell Phone Jammer Story WHY do people use cell phone jammers? – Stop Obnoxious Cell Phone Abusers – Block Covert Eavesdroppers – Prevent Secret Tracking – Disable Cell Phone Triggered Explosives (IEDs) HOW do cell phone jammers really jam cell phones? Testing a Real Cell Phone Jammer 1) The Setu ...

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