Afghan-Taliban using high-tech undetectable bombs to attack NATO forces.Byline: ANI Lahore, Sep. 16 (ANI): In order to inflict maximum casualties on NATO forces See: force(s). stationed in Afghanistan, The Taliban has been making high-tech and deadlier bombs, which are hard-to-detect due to their nonmetal nonmetal, chemical element possessing certain properties by which it is distinguished from a metal. In general, this distinction is drawn on the basis that a nonmetal tends to accept electrons and form negative ions and that its oxide is acidic. components, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a confidential intelligence report. According to Pentagon's Joint Improvised Explosive Device 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 Defeat Organisation report, Taliban's switch to use improvised explosive devices (IEDs) instead of larger anti-armour bombs has enabled the terrorist outfit to produce more bombs and target more US troops. The Taliban is now using plastic instead of using metal-dominated explosives, and ground troops are finding it hard to detect the buried IEDs with portable mine-detectors, The Daily Times quoted a report in the Washington Times, as saying. "There is an urgent need to identify new man-portable detection platforms to expand the ability of US troops to detect anti-personnel IED-mines," the report concludes. US soldiers in the area around Now Zad, northwest of Kandahar face a constant threat from hidden IEDs, the report reveales. "Smaller, lighter, more quickly constructed and quite often triggered by a victim-operated switch [booby trap booby trap n. a device set up to be triggered to harm or kill anyone entering the trap, such as a shot gun which will go off if a room is entered, or dynamite which will explode if the ignition key on an auto is turned. ], these IEDs have been a significant factor in labelling Now Zad the most dangerous location with the highest US casualty rate in either the Afghan or Iraq theatres," the paper said. A military source said the Taliban were shifting to small IEDs for a number of reasons. "The Taliban is also thwarting detection by using long pull-cords rather than an electronic signal to ignite IEDs. This way, the bomb cannot be defeated by electronic countermeasures on vehicles and aircraft that jam the signal," he said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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