[billorites]

Must suck for the local Iraqi's who are trying to open their garage doors or use their TiVo remotes.

[Edison]

"...Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., suggested few are being used..."

Well if any didn't know they do now. Perhaps we should send him the "Loose Lips" award.

Edison

[Mat_Helm]

When I worked for a major aerospace company, a support engineer friend that worked on fighter aircraft radars built the mother of all radar jammers. With off the shelf parts he could actively or passivley jam any police radar, tv, radio, cellphone, ect... for line of sight distnce when cranked all the way up. He had a lot of fun. Until they outlaw copper wire and radio shack anyone can build some nifty devices.

[pointsal]

For pity's sake ...why post this article?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

U.S. soldiers riding in convoys in Iraq are relying on electronic "jammers" to help protect against the roadside bombs insurgents have used to deadly effect.

..Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the Army's chief of staff, acknowledged their use in testimony this week before the House Armed Services Committee..

..."When you see a car bomb that goes off several blocks away from its intended target, it's usually a dead giveaway it was jammed.."

 ...In Iraq, employing the jammers is one of a number of steps the military is taking to protect vehicles and soldiers. Others include deploying a more heavily armored Humvee and giving soldiers improved body armor.

"Our soldiers have become ... very adept at noticing, observing," said Brig. Gen. Vincent Boles, commander of the 3rd Corps Support Command. "We're discovering more than are exploding."

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Bad news for the bad guys, ping !

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

"Saddam Nephew Killed in Blast", evidence of success?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1060230/posts