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How Are IEDs Made? Improvised explosive devices
or IEDs are a munition that is not factory produced but assembled from
commercially available items "off the shelf" and other materials.
The IEDs are generally made and deployed by insurgent, terrorist, or
guerrilla forces. Materials used to make IEDs include stolen,
discarded or captured munitions, fertilizer, semtex, or other materials.
The IED (or bomb) is fabricated with a wide range of materials and are
designed to kill people or destroy vehicles. IEDs can be command
detonated, remotely detonated, or be initiated with timing or pressure
devices.
References and Info Sources About IEDs on the Internet
Improvised Explosive Devices. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
IED - a weapons' profile. Defense Update.
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) / Booby Traps.
GlobalSecurity.org.
Explosive Forces of Improvised Explosive Devices. Security
Driver.com.
News Articles on IEDs. By Newsweek Magazine.
Improvised Explosive Devices. The New York Times.
Military and Government Sources of Info about IEDs
JIEDDO.
Joint IED Defeat Organization. The mission of the Joint Improvised
Explosive Defeat Organization is to focus all Department of Defense
actions in support of Combatant Commanders' and their respective Joint
Task Forces' efforts to defeat improvised explosive devices as weapons of
strategic influence.
Improvised Explosive Devices. Congressional Research Service,
August 2006.
Graphics and Maps about IEDs
IEDs.
Washington Post
Information on Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Devices - VBIED
VBIED Info. National Homeland Security Knowledge Base.
Firms Providing Counter IED Training and Services
Explosives Academy. IED Awareness Training.
IED Effects Simulator (IEDES). Lockheed Martin.
IED Disposal Training. ISI Inc.
Videos of IED Explosions
Explosion of VBIED in Iraq. You Tube.
Large IED Goes Off on Convoy. Awesome subsurface IED in Iraq.
IED on Dirt Road in Iraq. Google Videos.
British Vehicle Attacked by IED. Google Videos.
News Articles about Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
February 17, 2010.
"Man-tracking Radar To Fight Afghan IEDs". (VADAR).
Aviation Week.
December 12, 2009.
"PC Mine Roller protecting Marines in Afghanistan". News Herald.
December 10, 2009.
"Fighting IED Attacks with SCARE Tech". University of Maryland.
November 23, 2009.
"NATO hosts briefing on improvised explosive device". NATO.
November 8, 2009.
"Inside the IED Battle Drill: How Hollywood Is Prepping Soldiers for
Roadside Attacks". Fast Company.
November 4, 2009.
"Pentagon Must Improve Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Efforts".
Canada Free Press.
September 29, 2009.
"2 US Troops Killed in Philippines Blast". ABC News.
November 26, 2008.
"Better Protection Against Improvised Explosive Devices".
Science Daily.
September 2008.
"Countering IEDs". IEEE Spectrum Inside Technology.
May 13, 2008.
"IEDs go beyond Iraq, Afghanistan". USA Today.
November 6, 2007.
"Anti-IED drills improve, but not every soldier goes through them".
USA Today.
June 21, 2007.
"Military Faces Homemade Bombs". PBS News Hour.
April 25, 2006.
"Improvised explosive devices: A growing menace in Afghanistan".
CBC News.
October 26, 2005.
"Bigger, Stronger Homemade Bombs Now to Blame for Half of U.S. Deaths".
The Washington Post.
