Related Content About:

An Evolving Threat

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

Related Subjects
No Results.
No Results.
Related Articles on the Web
No Results.
Related Blogs
No Results.
Related Video
No Results.
Related Audio
No Results.
 
© 2007 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive