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| Agencies worry about failure of mobile jammers |
| 2007-10-20 |
| Security agencies that covered former prime minister Benazir BhuttoÂ’s entourage on Thursday are dumbfounded about the failure of mobile jammers in their vehicles. Sources told Online that security measures were being handled by Rehman Malik, one of the closest aides of Ms Bhutto who was director general of the FIA DG during her tenure. It has also been learnt that mobile jammers attached to the truck carrying Ms Bhutto were not fully functional. Rehman and Makhdoom Amin Fahim were using their cell-phones without any problem, which is a clear indication of the failure of jammer system. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I think what Glenmore is saying is that no jammer works against the homicide bomber with a vest. Jammers work against remote cell-phone detonated devices. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-10-20 16:19 |
| #6 Inside job? |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-10-20 15:47 |
| #5 "Makhdoom" Wow, what a neat name! if they really want to play it safe, just use barrage jamming. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-10-20 11:38 |
| #4 Yeah. "Dumbfounded", I tells ya! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-20 10:30 |
| #3 I do not believe there are jammers that work against all kinds of bombs. For instance, I cannot even think of a way to jam a suicide bomb triggered by a percussion cap, even theoretically. On the other hand, bombs triggered remotely by cell phone can be jammed fairly easily (and, at least theoretically one does not even have to prevent cell phones from working to do it.) If the bombers know (or guess) what the defenses are, they can usually work around them. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-10-20 08:56 |
| #2 Somehow, the word "accidental" just doesn't seem to apply at all. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-20 05:14 |
| #1 Could it be...sabotage? Just a guess, here. |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-10-20 00:27 |