[91B]

I don't think that many people who post on FR understand that we have a lot of countermeasures against IEDs (without getting into specifics). But Haji is not stupid, he adapts his tactics as he sees us have success in dealing with IEDs. Thus the development of pressure activated devices buried under dirt roads with some provocation intended to draw us in.

JSTARS is the bees knees BTW. We were on patrol one night when they were overhead and they saw something suspicious. They directed the QRF right to the spot. They weren't supposed to be scanning that area in particular and it turned out to just be some farmers out working in their fields (Iraqi farmers like to work at night because of the heat), but it impressed me that they had that kind of capability.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

JSTARS is the bees knees

As a Grumman employee I had a tangential acquaintance with the program and was proud of the reports of its effectiveness back in Gulf War I. I believe it was General Swartzkopf who said that the Army would never again willingly plan to fight without J-Stars capability.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

I don't think that many people who post on FR understand that we have a lot of countermeasures against IEDs.

You're right. That's why I posted this.

[DeuceTraveler]

If you think that's neat, it has just been made public that they plan to start experimenting with putting special GPS equipment in US military vehicles to transmit a 'friend' signal to the JSTARS.