Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices (IED): Asymmetric Threats and Capability Gaps

Abstract

Since our enemies are unable to defeat the U.S. Army through conventional means, they engage in sophisticated hybrid forms of warfare to exploit our vulnerabilities and threaten our national security. Because today's improvised explosive devices (IED) are not fueled by traditional military explosive materials, they avoid detection by traditional explosive detection technologies. The emergence of IEDs has led to the need for military organizations and civilian agencies to research and quickly deploy new systems to counter these asymmetric threats. Through the exploitation of IEDs, military organizations and civilian agencies will be able to determine how they function, and this knowledge will enable the Joint EOD community, and conventional troops, to defeat this threat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 2011
Accession Number
ADA560177

Entities

People

  • Gerald M. Muhl Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Detectors
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Explosives Detection
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Materials Science
  • Military Organizations
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Rdx
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering