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An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs, or homemade bombs.
Joint IED Neutralizer (JIN): In 2005, Ionatron attempted to develop an anti IED device that would "zap" IEDs from a distance by using lasers to ionize the air and allow man-made lightning to shoot towards the devices detonating them at a safe distance. By using femtosecond lasers light pulses that last less than a ten-trillionth of a second JIN ...
The Rhino Passive Infrared Defeat System (also known simply as Rhino) was an early detonation Counter-IED system. It was mounted to the front of a vehicle and used heat to prematurely detonate any hidden improvised explosive devices (IEDs) while the vehicle was at a safe distance away from the blast.
To turn this assembly into a booby trap, the final step would be to connect an M142 firing device to the detcord and hide everything under some form of cover e.g. newspapers or a bed-sheet. Booby-trap firing devices, c. 1941: press, pull and release switches; mass-produced components intended for the construction of booby traps. [5]
An improvised explosive device in Iraq. When activated, the concave copper shape on top becomes an explosively formed penetrator.. EFPs have been used in improvised explosive devices against armoured cars, for example [10] in the 1989 assassination of German banker Alfred Herrhausen (attributed to the Red Army Faction) [11] and by Hezbollah in the 1990s. [12]
A 28-year-old man was arrested and charged after authorities discovered "improvised explosive devices in a makeshift laboratory" at his Philadelphia home, officials announced on Wednesday.
Inert IED Training Devices are typically designed and constructed by current and former Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Public Safety Bomb Technicians who draw from their real-world experience with live IEDs and other explosive threats to ensure that the training devices are accurate, current and realistic.
Improvised explosive device bombings (14 C) C. Car bombs (2 C, 3 P) L. Letter bomb (2 C, 1 P) S. Suicide weapons (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Improvised explosive ...