IED stands for improvised explosive device; this could be anything that is retooled to create an explosion like old mortar rounds, unexploded artillery shells, and usually incorporates some kind of shrapnel designed to operate like a hand grenade or claymore once it explodes, the shrapnel could be anything from nails, pellets, bolts or even rocks. When discussing strategies to defeat ... defense- update.com on page four of this report. This graph shows how the rate of IED's being cleared has increased exponentially since the JIEDDO has implemented their new strategy of attacking the network. ...

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