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  2. Counter-IED equipment - Wikipedia

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    The Husky VMMD (Vehicle-Mounted Mine Detection) is a South African configurable counter-IED MRAP designed for route clearance and demining. It is designed to assist in the disposal of land mines and improvised explosive devices. The Husky was initially deployed in the 1970s.

  3. Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle - Wikipedia

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    United States made Cougar HE MRAPV being tested in January 2007 with landmines Russian Ural-63095 Typhoon MRAPV. Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAPV), also known as MRAP Vehicle, is a type of armoured personnel carrier that are designed specifically to withstand land mines, improvised explosive device (IED) attacks and ambushes to save troops' lives.

  4. Husky VMMD - Wikipedia

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    The Husky VMMD (Vehicle-Mounted Mine Detection) is a configurable counter-IED MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle, developed by South African-based DCD Protected Mobility and American C-IED company Critical Solutions International.

  5. Counter-IED efforts - Wikipedia

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    Counter-IED, or C-IED, is usually part of a broader counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, or law enforcement effort. Because IEDs are a subset of a number of forms of asymmetric warfare used by insurgents and terrorists , C-IED activities are principally against adversaries and not only against IEDs.

  6. SAIC Wins $180 Million Counter-IED Contract - AOL

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    The Department of Defense awarded Science Applications International Corporation, better known as SAIC , a $179.6 million "non-competitive acquisition," firm-fixed-price, non-option-eligible, non ...

  7. Route clearance (IEDs) - Wikipedia

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    Route clearance is a routine part of counter-IED efforts performed by military forces around the world. The purpose of route clearance is to secure an important route and render it for safe transport. This mission relies on the use of Sapper and EOD forces to accomplish this task.

  8. Cougar (MRAP) - Wikipedia

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    The Cougar is a mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) and infantry mobility vehicle structured to be resistant to landmines and improvised munitions.. It is a family of armored vehicles produced by Force Protection Inc, which manufactures ballistic and mine-protected vehicles.

  9. Opinion: An IED made me a double amputee, but that didn't ...

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