American Bomb Jammer

[Warvstar]

I found this article interesting, maybe some others would too.

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 21, 2005) â “ The Army has developed a new device to thwart terrorist activities while saving service members' lives.

The Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Countermeasure Equipment, otherwise known as ICE, was developed by a team of engineers, scientists and Soldiers at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to defeat IEDs, the most prominent threat to deployed service members in Iraq.

The ICE device, which is roughly the size of a bread box, uses commercial and military technology to defeat IEDs, said Maj. Raymond D. Pickering, who helped lead the ICE design team at White Sands during its development. Thousands of ICE systems are being utilized by all of the military services, and thousands of more are on order according to Pickering.

He said that the design process involved thinking like a terrorist and acting like one too â “ fast.

Theres more, they say something like 3 people die down there everyday because of these bombs, Im interested in how many lives this could save.
It gets more interesting later in the article.
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=7639

By the way look at the date on the qoute.

 

[Chimo]

Some clarifications to your comments are needed. ICE isn't a counter bomb as such, it is a system that blocks certain radiowave frequencies. This technology has been around for awhile. It doesn't counter the bomb as such, it blocks frequencies from hitting the receiver, thereby stopping the device from initiating.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

I was wondering by they wouldn't employ cellphone jammers.

 

[Warvstar]

Some clarifications to your comments are needed. ICE isn't a counter bomb as such, it is a system that blocks certain radiowave frequencies. This technology has been around for awhile. It doesn't counter the bomb as such, it blocks frequencies from hitting the receiver, thereby stopping the device from initiating.

Thanks for clearing that up for everybody, Ill try and change the Topic header.