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'BombJammer' protects from improvised explosives.


Security Intelligence Technologies unveiled a new BombJammer system that can be covertly cov·ert  
adj.
1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret.

2.
 mounted inside a trunk or in the back of a sports-utility vehicle.

The BombJammer protects against the use of remote controlled improvised explosive devices Noun 1. improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised
I.E.D., IED

explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy
, commonly used in terrorist attacks and reported to have been employed in London and Madrid. The system also obstructs enemy and terrorist methods of communication.

The technology is used to protect convoys and military operations This is a list of missions, operations, and projects. Missions in support of other missions are not listed independently. World War I
''See also List of military engagements of World War I
  • Albion (1917)
 in combat areas. A version called VIP 600 is built into a military backpack and designed for tactical use. The VIP 900 is a stationary Stationary can mean:
  • Fixed in position, or mode: immobile.
  • Unchanging in condition or character.
  • In statistics and probability: a stationary process.
  • In mathematics: a stationary point.
  • In mathematics: a stationary set.
 system for protecting military and government installations, municipal arenas, stadiums, rail stations and subways.
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Title Annotation:SECURITY BEAT: Homeland Defense Briefs
Publication:National Defense
Date:Nov 1, 2005
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