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Countering the Threat of Improvised Explosive Devices
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Improised explosie deice (IED) is defined here as an explosive device that is placed or fabricated in an improvised manner; incorporates destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals; and is designed to destroy, incapacitate, harass, or distract. IEDs may incorporate military stores, but they are normally devised from nonmilitary components. They are as varied as “command-detonated” pipe bombs, “booby-trapped” military ordnance, and car bombs. They always contain explosive materi- als, detonators, and triggering mechanisms; they are often cased and may use shrapnel. The term improised may apply either to the construction of the device or to its use by irregular forces. Thus, a mine produced for regular forces may be considered an IED if it is used by irregular forces, but an unmodified mine placed by regular forces is not considered an IED. Explosive devices designed to disperse chemical, biological, or radiological material are generally not classified as IEDs and were not considered for this study.
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Social Science
English
2007
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