Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and Boobytraps: A Comprehensive Field Guide
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Features
- Aims to help increase survivability of encounters with IEDs
- Provides over 100 illustrations and photographs
- Presents tables covering velocities, evacuation distances, and blast estimations
- Includes a glossary of terms
Summary
Enhanced with more than 100 illustrations and photographs, Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and Boobytraps: A Comprehensive Field Guide is designed to help increase the survivability of encounters with these weapons of war. The book examines their identification, detection, and avoidance, as well as the theory behind their operation. It explores current trends in IED deployment, their use in Iraq against military and civilian personnel, and their use in other parts of the world. It also covers wounding effects associated with IEDs and other explosive devices. Tables provide information on explosive detonation velocities, evacuation distances, blast damage estimations, blast pressure effects on structures, and blast pressure effects on people.
Table of Contents
IEDs explained
History
IED vs. Booby-traps
Explosions
Explosions
Explosive Effects
Types of Explosives
Types of Explosives
Classes of Explosives
Types of IEDs
Device construction
Triggers
IED Deployment
Placement
Concealment
IED Detection
Visual indications
Chemical indications
Current Trends in IED use
Iraq & Afghanistan
Terrorist deployment in other parts of the world
Glossary of terms
Author Bio(s)
James Crippin is the Director of the Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center in Pueblo, Colorado.
