The various theatres of war against terror are taking a huge toll of human lives both military and civilian through the incessant use of a weapon known as an improvised explosive device (IED), also identified as a roadside bomb. An IED is generally a rudimentary homemade explosive device constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. Its construction may comprise conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a detonating mechanism.
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