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Ray · 05-15-2007, 01:31 AM

Digging to place the IEDs in the centre of the road is not feasible. It will leave tell tale marks.

IR pictures will give away freshly dug areas and even an IED can be detected if a sortie is flown before a land mission takes place. It is expensive.

One must watch for rubble by the side of the road or construction material. These are ideal places to hide IEDs.

Then the terrorists use these IED in tandem spaced out.

Going cross country in urban and semi urban areas is not feasible.

Ideal is carry out a road opening patrol and then picqueting the road.

05-15-2007, 01:31 AM	#16 (permalink)
Ray Postmaster General *Military Professional* Join Date: 08-20-03 Posts: 26,864 Country:	Digging to place the IEDs in the centre of the road is not feasible. It will leave tell tale marks. IR pictures will give away freshly dug areas and even an IED can be detected if a sortie is flown before a land mission takes place. It is expensive. One must watch for rubble by the side of the road or construction material. These are ideal places to hide IEDs. Then the terrorists use these IED in tandem spaced out. Going cross country in urban and semi urban areas is not feasible. Ideal is carry out a road opening patrol and then picqueting the road. __________________ "Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination." I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. HAKUNA MATATA Last edited by Ray : 05-15-2007 at 01:34 AM.