Most of the first IEDs used against U.S. troops were detonated by low-power radio waves, the same type of signals that open and close remote-controlled garage doors. As the military deployed jammers to interfere with these radio signals, insurgents largely shifted to other kinds of triggers.
SOURCE: Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, staff report | Phone photo by Scott Peterson , Getty Images | GRAPHIC: The Washington Post - October 1, 2007
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