"Eunometic" wrote in message
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I note that the USN Grumman EA-6B is being used to create a jammed
space around ground US patrols in Iraq.

The jamming prevents the detonation of improvised explosive devices.
Presumably highly directional
electronically shaped antenna create temporal grace around the patrol.

The British did something similar in Northern Ireland.

The IRA switched to command detonated devices.

After the British started looking for the wires after the bang they moved on
to more sophisticated radio equipment such as that found on the dead IRA
people shot in Gibraltar which required a series of thumb wheels to be set
to the correct number to transmit the firing signal.

The stuff is 'Radio Amateur' technology and can be picked up in any major
city.

It is reasonable to assume that the Iraqi bad guys have access to all this
sort of thing at that technical escalation will happen in exactly the same
way...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.


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