Re: Jamming IEDs

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Date: 01/24/05 

To: sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org
Date: 24 Jan 2005 09:29:33 -0800

stork wrote:
> Is it the case in Iraq that most IEDs are detonated remotely? If so,
> why do we not have jammers that simply shroud convoys in a circular
> bubble of electronic activity that prevents the detonation of a
device
> because the command to do so is jammed?

The Army already has a system called "Warlock" that does that, and
more of them have been ordered. See:
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1129/web-ied-12-03-04.asp

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