(1) Casings can range in size from a cigarette pack to a large truck or airplane. The container is used to help hide the IED and to possibly provide fragmentation. Countless containers have...

Improvised Explosive Device (IED). A weapon that is fabricated or emplaced in an unconventional manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or...

IED attacks are the result of coordinated enemy activities such as financing, obtaining supplies, making IEDs, and planting and detonating them. So defeating these devices must involve a combined strategy of understanding and observing the enemy.

2025年3月4日 · improvised explosive device (IED), a homemade bomb, constructed from military or nonmilitary components, that is frequently employed by guerrillas, insurgents, and other nonstate actors as a crude but effective weapon against a conventional military force. When used as roadside bombs, IEDs can interdict lines of communication, disrupt traffic ...

Although IED design can be extremely diverse, there are three main components that are common to all IEDs namely the main charge, the initiating system and the casing. The main charge whose effect is often enhanced by a booster charge can be made of military munitions, which provide ready-made fragmentation, or military and/or commercial ...

2016年11月11日 · This document provides an in-depth overview of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), including their key components, types, and experimental variations. It discusses the casing, explosive, power source, detonator/initiator, and trigger/firing switch that make up IEDs.

Casings can range from soda cans, plastic bags, pressure cookers and shoeboxes to suicide vests, gas cylinders and trucks. In some instances, booby traps meet the definition of an IED as well. IEDs can be statically deployed or hand-launched, delivered by vehicle, boat, aircraft, or rocket launcher or by mail or strapped to a person or animal.

2012年9月1日 · The third component of an IED device is the casing. The stochastic injury pattern of each individual IED is largely because of the bomb casing and modifications made by insurgents and terrorists to maximize fragmentation [19] .

IEDs share a common set of components that consist of the casing, initiating system, and main charge. Casings can range in size from a cigarette pack to a large truck or airplane. The container is used to help hide the IED and to possibly provide fragmentation.

2018年11月1日 · First responders must identify IEDs to ensure they can take the precautions necessary to remain safe. An IED is a device manufactured or placed in an improvised way that incorporates...