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JIEDDO Eyes Current, Future Anti-Bomb Technologies From Industry

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Friday, October 30th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford As the Pentagon grapples with increasingly lethal improvised-explosive attacks in Afghanistan, it is looking to industry for help with everything from denying enemies' access to culverts to detecting bombs' wires. Leaders of the Pentagon's Joint Improvised Explosive (IED) Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) told reporters yesterday they adjusted their anti-IED efforts in Afghanistan after enemies modified tactics previously used in Iraq. Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, JIEDDO's retiring director, said U.S. officials are working to combat victim-operated explosives, triggered…

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