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2012-08-30 International-UN-NGOs

How IEDs have changed the face of modern warfare

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Posted by ryuge 2012-08-30 06:04|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Excellent article. Lieutenant General Michael Barbero is an exception to the beltway Pentagon crowd. His personal dedication to saving the lives of young soldiers is unparalleled.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-08-30 07:13|| 2012-08-30 07:13|| Front Page Top

#2 It is an excellent article. The IED makers are almost like the makers of computer worms, malware, and viruses (one step ahead) except far more deadly. It seems like there is a need for a paradigm shift in the way IEDs are addressed to further reduce or eliminate these fatalities and devastating injuries. Some of these shifts have already occurred as indicated in the article such as the use of jammers. Small robots have been used but to what effect I don't know.

Posted by JohnQC 2012-08-30 10:28|| 2012-08-30 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 A great reduction in IED's in the Stans could be achieved virtually overnight. Bomb the 3 or 4 huge fertilizer factories in Pakistan that produce the ammonium nitrate (AN) which is used in the IED.

No rocket science involved here, only the will to take action.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-08-30 10:43|| 2012-08-30 10:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Besoeker, great suggestion.

Posted by Large Darling of the Antelope3345 2012-08-30 11:19|| 2012-08-30 11:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Every main use of these relates to that problem with insurgencies of allowing a safe have, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, etc. I suspect if you deny these sanctuaries, the insurgents ability to produce IED's will be massive reduced as will influx of weapons and personnel.

Posted by Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2012-08-30 13:37|| 2012-08-30 13:37|| Front Page Top

#6 That's not warfare, that's "Peace-keeping".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-08-30 14:02|| 2012-08-30 14:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Problem is, Besoeker, that doesn't cut them off from their stockpiles of munitions, which they ALSO use in their bombs. And it definitely wouldn't cut them off from Pakistani weapons.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2012-08-30 23:21|| 2012-08-30 23:21|| Front Page Top

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