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'Better jammers to foil IED attacks needed'
Major General NB Patel, the army’s chief engineer at Northern Command, emphasised the need for upgradation of counter-IED equipment.
"Increased participation by the industry to find a solution to the IED challenge has become critical," he said, adding that the army technology board had recently invited participation from even private players through College of Military Engineering, Pune.
Army experts said IEDs were proving to be a major concern for security agencies not only in militancy-affected states but also in other states. "For instance the Samjhauta Express blasts and the July 11 blasts in Mumbai suburban trains, which killed over 170 people," a senior military explosive expert said and added that these remotely-controlled IEDs were not only low-cost and easy-to-make, but can cause high degree of devastation.
"Although we have anti-IED equipment like neutralisers and jammers, it is not helping much as militant groups are constantly upgrading the design and methods of employment of these remote devices," Patel said, explaining that last-minute arming of IEDs also defeats all counter measures.
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