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Who designed the devices?


I'm the program manager for Combat Training Solutions Inc. We are the designers and engineers of the 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
 (IED Noun 1. IED - an explosive device that is improvised
I.E.D., improvised explosive device

explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy
) simulators provided to the U.S. Army via Unitech. Your December 2005 story, "Mock 'IEDs' Help Soldiers Prepare for War," indicates Unitech's engineers designed the simulators. That is not entirely correct.

CTS (1) (Clear To Send) The RS-232 signal sent from the receiving station to the transmitting station that indicates it is ready to accept data. Contrast with RTS.

(2) (Common Type System) The data typing used in .
 Inc. is the sole designer of the non-pyrotechnic TIED2 kit components, which we provide to Unitech as a vendor. Unitech has provided the remote detonator detonator (dĕ`tənā'tər), type of explosive that reacts with great rapidity and is used to set off other, more inert explosives. Fulminate of mercury mixed with potassium chlorate is a commonly used detonator. , which is called the control interface device, and the remote triggering unit. The M80TR pressure sensitive land mine, the M12TR trip wire booby trap and the M155FT large IED simulator are our creations, designs and engineering.

Antonio Colon

Combat Training Solutions

Colorado Springs, CO
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Title Annotation:letters
Author:Colon, Antonio
Publication:National Defense
Article Type:Letter to the Editor
Date:Feb 1, 2006
Words:122
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