Advanced Data Analysis Fights IED
Sunday, March 9th, 2008Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) in its mission to defeat Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) as weapons of strategic influence needed powerful analytics to gain critical, data driven insight into the structure, character, interactions and methods associated with the operational networks involved in the deployment of IEDs. This task involved various data [...]
IED - improvised explosive device or improvised explosive disaster?
Saturday, January 5th, 2008About 30% of fatalities of coalition forces in Iraq are attributed to IED (Improvised Explosive Devices). An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. They may be partially comprised of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a detonating mechanism.
An IED [...]