Jamming IED's in Iraq

Strategy Page:

For the last three years, troops in Iraq have been using the Warlock electronic jammer to prevent the enemy from setting off IEDs. The Warlock has gone through many revisions, to add more frequencies and better software. Rolling along in a convoy, with one or more Warlocks broadcasting, the troops had an electronic "bubble" that made them safe from an IED they had not spotted. Several times, the vehicles have had an IED go off behind them, the result of the IED detonation crew continuing to send the signal, believing that there might be something wrong with their equipment. In those cases, the patrol often turned around and went looking for the enemy team.

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Another reason why enemy IED's are less effective. This is better than heavy armor, but the combination of the two have made the enemy's job much more difficult. This is a big problem for him because the IED has been the only weapon that he has been able to deploy without risking the destruction of his own forces. He still avoids contact with US forces and is now concentrating his efforts on non combatants.

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