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  2. Improvised explosive device - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Intelligent electronic device - Wikipedia

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    Protective relay is an example of an intelligent electronic device. In the electric power industry, an intelligent electronic device (IED) is an integrated microprocessor-based controller of power system equipment, such as circuit breakers, transformers and capacitor banks. [1]

  4. Counter-IED equipment - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Counter-IED efforts - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Truck-ramming suspect used wrong device in failed detonation ...

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    Myrthil said the FBI has reviewed a video showing Jabbar planting two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the streets of the French Quarter before the attack, concealing the devices in coolers ...

  7. Pressure cooker bomb - Wikipedia

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    Pressure cooker fragment believed by the FBI to be part of one of the explosive devices used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. A pressure cooker bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) created by inserting explosive material into a pressure cooker and attaching a blasting cap into the cover of the cooker.

  8. New Orleans attack: Terror suspect used bomb materials ... - AOL

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    Raia shared a timeline of the suspect’s movements before carrying out the attack, detailing how he planted two IED devices in coolers in the bustling area before he rammed into the crowd in a ...

  9. Man threw explosive device inside California courthouse on ...

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    Authorities believe the explosion was the result of an "intentionally set improvised explosive device," Santa Barbara County Sheriff public information officer Raquel Zick wrote on social media.