by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 12, 2013 | Monitor
Much as they’re a fixture of the post-Iraq and Afghanistan insurgent battlefields, improvised explosive devices have come to the Syrian revolution in a major way.
by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 19, 2013 | Monitor
United Nations stats show civilian casualties in Afghanistan dropping for the first time since 2007. And it’s the Taliban, not the U.S., that’s responsible for the vast majority of them.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 28, 2013 | Monitor
The Pentagon bomb squad doesn’t know how fast unexploded insurgent bombs take to degrade. Science suggests at least a year, and maybe longer.
by Robert Beckhusen | Nov 20, 2012 | Monitor
Electromagnetic pulse grenades are a favorite of sci-fi storytellers and game designers, a la Halo. The Army doesn’t want to be left out: It’s seeking a real-life version to blast electromagnetic signals and fry insurgent bombs.
by Benjamin Plackett | Nov 5, 2012 | Monitor
An IED attack in Iraq 2004 Photo: Aaron Keene/Flickr Finding a roadside bomb was never easy, even back when insurgents made their improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from old artillery shells and other metal parts. But now that militant bomb-makers favor wood and...