Both there and in afghanistan , thousands of " unmanned " systems dismantle roadside ieds , take that first peek around the corner at a sniper 's lair and launch missiles at taliban hideouts .
Some 80 % of us military casualties in afghanistan are due to improvised explosive devices ( ieds ) , and many of those placed in the path of supply convoys .
9the Best of the best : u.s. and allied forces have been fighting a losing battle against improvised explosive devices ( ieds ) in afghanistan .
优中之优:美军和盟军在阿富汗对服简易爆炸装置(ieds)时,一直吃着败仗。
Now , researchers have developed an advanced new bomb detection technique that uses lasers no more powerful than your typical presentation pointer to detect and identify bombs like ieds from tens , if not hundreds , of feet away .
It 's the best way to avoid possible ieds and ambushes .
这是躲避自制炸弹和伏击的最好办法。
One marine grumbles that they should be concerned about the ieds that could have destroyed their shops , not about a broken windshield .
一名士兵咕哝着他们关心的是拆除路边炸弹,否则就不是一块挡风玻璃,而是他们的商店将被炸毁了。
Back in a field adjacent to the shops where christmas 's soldiers have just found the ieds , an explosive-ordnance-disposal team carefully detonates the two bombs .
However , the mod admitted last year that it had reached the limit of how much it could be armoured , following a series of deaths involving taliban ieds .
He opened the ' pharmacy ' road for the battle group to use and 24 hours later found and disarmed 31 ieds on route ' sparta ' .
他为战斗组开辟了一条“救生”之路,24小时后就能在“斯巴达”路线上发现并排除31个这样的装置。
Modern warfare , as suicide bombers , videotaped beheadings and carefully-placed ieds have shown , is not about technology . It is about the willingness to kill and capture civilians .