Posted on 07/07/2005 6:19:02 PM PDT by rang1995
Posted on Thu, Jul. 07, 2005
Tech company unveils roadside bomb neutralizer
EBA HAMID
SUN HERALD
Techology company Ionatron unveiled a vehicle Thursday to help counter improvised explosive devices, or roadside bombs, in Iraq.
The joint IED neutralizer was developed by Ionatron employees at Stennis Space Center. The machine, which can destroy, detonate and disable IEDs, can reach speeds of more than 25 mph.
"When you’re driving through the streets of Iraq, you never know when something’s going to blow up," Ionatron spokeman Mark Corallo said. "JIN disables and destroys devices before terrorists set them off."
Twelve of the counter IED vehicles will be tested and deployed to Iraq within the next 40 to 60 days.
Ionatron president and CEO Tom Dearmin said the company hopes to have many hundred more units sent to Iraq in the future.
Ditto.
Never mind neutralizer, more like bomb blowarizer, taking to hell chopped muSlimes.
looks cool-kind of
Run them by the mosques first. That'll stop the bombs from being replaced on the roadsides.
Oh, and then the UN ambulances.
I hope it works too.
Detonating the bombs instead of jamming them will save a ton of lives.
I would imagine it can clear minefields around the world also.
Excellent.
but it zaps bombs with electricity or lightning--what would a U.N ambulance have a BOMB for???
(SARC)nah
and from USAToday article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-06-08-iraq-car-bomb_x.htm
6/8/2005
'Car bombing increase prompts new U.S. tactics By Dave Moniz, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Iraqi insurgents have increased their use of car bombs to an average of 30 per week, a move that has changed U.S. tactics, according to the head of a Pentagon task force that deals with remotely detonated bombs. That's a huge jump from the one-bomb-a-week average in January 2004, said Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel, head of the Pentagon's Task Force on Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The vehicle-borne bombs, Votel said in an interview, are becoming a weapon of choice because they are easily disguised, mobile and can cause large numbers of casualties in one attack. Such an increase in car bombs signals "the single biggest change in tactics in Iraq in a long time," said T.X. Hammes, a Marine colonel and author of The Sling and the Stone, a book on modern guerrilla warfare. A spate of attacks across Iraq last month contributed to the highest number of U.S. casualties since January. Insurgents launched a record number of car bombs, aimed mostly at Iraqi security forces and civilians. While car bombs — often driven by suicide bombers — killed hundreds of Iraqis, roadside bombs continued to account for the highest number of U.S. troop deaths. While IED attacks have increased, U.S. casualties from them have gone down. From April 2004 to April 2005, task force spokesman Dick Bridges said, the number of casualties from IED attacks had decreased 45%. To counter the threat from roadside and car bombs, the U.S. military is focusing on shutting down bomb factories and identifying suspicious vehicles, Votel said. The Pentagon now has about 4,200 portable electronic jamming devices in Iraq and more are on the way, Bridges said. The military is about to test a new device at its Yuma, Ariz., proving ground that is capable of exploding bombs by sending an electrical charge through the ground. That device, called a Joint Improvised Explosive Device Neutralizer (JIN), could be deployed to Iraq sometime this year if tests prove successful, Bridges said. U.S. troops are trained to look for vehicles whose bodies are sagging or riding low, have bad body work or carry symbols such as the Roman numeral II. The symbols are used by insurgents to track their own vehicles en route to targets, Votel said. The insurgents' switch in tactics comes as U.S. forces appear to be getting a better handle on remotely detonated roadside devices, which still make up the vast majority of all improvised bombs. "The way the enemy makes contact is through IEDs," Votel said, adding that insurgents shy from direct attacks on U.S. forces in conventional battles. Insurgents detonated 143 car bombs during May. On Tuesday, insurgents blew up another four. They can be detonated several ways: by the driver, remotely by insurgents nearby or on contact with a target such as a building or another vehicle. Lt. Col. Steven Boylan, a military spokesman in Baghdad, said Iraqi security forces and civilians are the primary victims and noted that police stations, markets, military recruiting centers and even funerals have been targeted. Hammes said the guerrillas' ability to recruit dozens of drivers willing to kill themselves and to maintain the infrastructure to produce more than 140 bombs per month is a troubling sign of the continued strength of the insurgency. IEDs of all kinds are by far the single largest cause of U.S. combat deaths in Iraq. They are responsible for 570 U.S. deaths in Iraq as of May 7, compared with 294 deaths from gunshots and 126 from artillery, rockets and mortars. The insurgents continue to use wireless roadside bombs that can be exploded by using consumer electronics devices such as garage-door openers or cell phones. The bombs, which vary in size from artillery shells to soft drink cans, have been buried in the road or hidden in guardrails or dead animals. Improvised explosives have been used in previous wars, Votel said. What's new in Iraq is that they've become a primary weapon.
Yup, Get to learn real quickly who's harboring terrorist and who's not.
Either way very very interesting piece of tech
ouch - it had paragraphs in the preview!!
I assume it could clear minefields, too? What're the minefield muggers gonna whine about now?
Good for them. Free enterprise is a good thing!
Very cool pic.
Any idea on the distance this works at? Can it blow up bombs farther away from the machine?
Very cool pic.
Any idea on the distance this works at? Can it blow up bombs farther away from the machine?
Lessee...this thing's called the JIN. If you add a D at the front and another N on the end, the word become "djinn", which is the Arabic form of "Genie".
That might be a GREAT nickname for it...
hey the female bombers have exploding IUD's :)
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