Citation

Fulghum DA. Aviat. Week Space Technol. 2005; 162(19): 20-21.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, McGraw-Hill)

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Abstract

The increased suicide attacks and other bombings in Iraq has brought urgency to coalition's search for ways to detect explosive devices. The Airforce has been using its EC-130 Compass Call electronic attack aircraft to jam remote triggering devices. The army is operating a small number of Horned Owl C-12 aircraft, which has an earth-penetrating capability to find IEDs and, possibly, hidden weapons caches. There also has been emergency supplementary funding requested to upgrade the Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler aircraft to broaden the frequency they can jam.

Language: en

Keywords

Explosives; Sensors; Suicide attacks; Military aircraft; Military operations; Bombings; Ground penetrating radar systems; Improvised explosive devices (IED); Lidar sensors; Military radar; Mines; Naval warfare; Unmanned vehicles