Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2013

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Counter-IED Report Spring/Summer 2013

HOW IEDD ACTIVITIES ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE COUNTERING IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (C-IED) CONCEPT THE SIGNATURE OF AN IED IEDs: A GLOBAL THREAT REQUIRING A GLOBAL RESPONSE REMOTELY CONTROLLED IED JAMMING AND RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM CHALLENGES: FRATRICIDE JAMMING AND INTEROPERABILITY AMONG NATO COALITION FORCES

ROUTE CLEARANCE AND AFGHAN CAPABILITY BUILDING:

DISCUSSING THE TECHNOLOGY PARADOX

C-IED-RELATED INFORMATION SHARING

POST-AFGHANISTAN REQUIREMENTS

A NEW LOOK AT THREAT INTELLIGENCE

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS

IFC COUNTER TERROR EXPO 2013 6 DSEi 2013 7 FOREWORD

By Rob Hyde-Bales, Consulting Editor, Counter-IED Report

8 HOW IEDD ACTIVITIES ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE COUNTERING IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (C-IED) CONCEPT

By Vitor Felisberto, PRT OF3 (army), C-IED Centre of Excellence

11 MILITARY SEARCH - SUCH AN ENABLING TOOL

By Major Jose M Rufas, C-IED Centre of Excellence (C-IED COE) Defeat the Device Branch

14 OPTIMA DEFENCE SERVICES 15 BENEFITS OF CONTRACTOR-DELIVERED C-IED TRAINING

By Jim Scott, OPTIMA Defence & Security Ltd

18 7TH ANNUAL COUNTER IEDs 2013 19 HANDHELD DETECTORS: REDUCING THE BURDEN ON THE SEARCHER

By Glenn Thompson, Audiotel International Ltd

22 THE SIGNATURE OF AN IED

By Dinesh H C Rempling, Technical Project Officer R&T, and, Jim Blackburn, Project Officer C-IED, European Defence Agency

25 IEDs: A GLOBAL THREAT REQUIRING A GLOBAL RESPONSE

By Jeffrey T Wickett, Programme Manager, Programme Global Shield, World Customs Organization (WCO)

29 SCANNA MSC LTD 30 VIDISCO’s DIGITAL PORTABLE X-RAY IN THE SERVICE OF SECURITY FORCES

By Tamir Aluma and Ofra Kleinberger, Vidisco Ltd

32 BORDER MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT 2013 33 DEPLOYING A EUROPEAN FORENSICS CAPABILITY

By Dinesh HC Rempling - Technical Project Officer R&T and Jim Blackburn - Project Officer C-IED, European Defence Agency; Jesús Madrid Del Val - Business Development Manager and David Rendo Rodriguez - Project Manager, Indra Sistemas

By Indra Sistemas

38 DEPLOYABLE FORENSIC C-IED LABORATORIES 42 NCT: C-IED ASIA 2013

43 CBRN DEFENCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY OPERATING ENVIRONMENT THE ROLE OF JOINT CBRN DEFENCE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

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By CDR (GRC N) Michail Zambartas, Concept & Doctrine Specialist, LTC (CZE F) Jaroslav Borek, TEED/Section Chief, and LTC (ITA A) Romeo Tomassetti, Force Planning and Capability Development Section Chief and Manager, NATO JCBRN Defence COE Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2013

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49 DYNASAFE INTRODUCES A LARGE CHAMBER FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, UXO AND IED BOMBS TO DISPOSAL FACILITIES

By Fredrik Olsson, Technical Manager of Dynasafe Demil Systems and Dynasafe Protection Systems

52 MKDS’s 6TH ANNUAL DEFEATING IEDs TRAINING WORKSHOPS & TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION 53 THE CHALLENGE OF CBR IEDs

By Andy Oppenheimer AIExpE MIABTI

58 COUNTERING THE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WITH CANINES

By Frank Holmes FsDc, Warrant Officer 1st Class, CT, Ret. Training and Operations Manager for K10 Workingdogs

61 ROUTE CLEARANCE AND AFGHAN CAPABILITY BUILDING: DISCUSSING THE TECHNOLOGY PARADOX

By Major Andre Desrochers, Military Engineering Centre of Excellence (MILENG COE), Canadian Army

67 GLOSYS ELECTRONICS LLC 68 DEMINING MACHINES

By Istrazivac Ltd.

70 TACTICAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND THEIR SUPPORT IN C-IED OPERATIONS

By Chris Day, Head of Capability Engineering, Schiebel Group

72 ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEMS AGAINST MINE AND IED BLAST

By Roger Sloman, Managing Director, Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems

75 REMOTELY CONTROLLED IED JAMMING AND RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM CHALLENGES:

FRATRICIDE JAMMING AND INTEROPERABILITY AMONG

NATO COALITION FORCES

By Dr Franco Fiore and Agata Szydelko, NATO Communications and

Information (NCI) Agency

79 SMART RESPONSIVE JAMMING GOES COMINT: DISTRIBUTED MOBILE EW SENSORS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONAL THEATRES

By Jürgen Geerkens and Dr Hubert Piontek, CASSIDIAN

84 C-IED-RELATED INFORMATION SHARING POST-AFGHANISTAN REQUIREMENTS

By LTC (GS) Christoph Wallner, Branch Head, C-IED Centre Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations Command (JFOCOM)

89 A NEW LOOK AT THREAT INTELLIGENCE

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93 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

By Dinesh HC Rempling, Technical Project Officer R&T, and Jim Blackburn, Project Officer C-IED, European Defence Agency (EDA) counteriedreport.com

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FOREWORD

MAINTAINING THE COUNTER-IED MOMENTUM

By Rob Hyde-Bales, Consulting Editor, Counter-IED Report

Rob Hyde-Bales biography During his career in the UK Royal Engineers, Rob Hyde-Bales was responsible for landmine clearance in Libya and, more latterly, Afghanistan in the running of the first United Nations humanitarian landmine clearance training programme – Operation Salam. The programme trained Afghan male refugees in landmine clearance techniques, and Afghan women and children in mine awareness and avoidance training. More recently he set up the Caribbean Search Centre in Kingston, Jamaica. The Centre is designed to train security forces across the Caribbean in modern search techniques. After retiring from the army he joined Cranfield University at Shrivenham, near Oxford, and undertook a research project on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence that examined ways to improve the sharing of IED threat information between the military and civilian organisations in hazardous areas.

As UK troops and the rest of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan next year, for the UK this will coincide with the final departure of its military from Germany. Against this backdrop there is likely to be renewed pressure to make further reductions in defence spending. This will be in the light of substantial budget deficits in the US, UK and much of the rest of NATO – as epitomised by the continuing eurozone financial crises. Significant reductions are already planned for the UK Army in terms, inter alia, of infantry, armour, artillery, engineers and combat service support elements as the regular component is cut back, and greater reliance will be placed on Reserve Forces. Time will indicate the success or otherwise of this strategy.

One area that must be protected against cost cutting is that of C-IED. The improvised explosive device (IED) will remain the favoured weapon in the arsenal of terrorists and insurgents for the foreseeable future – long after we have left Afghanistan. It is easy and cheap to construct and emplace, and has proved to be the most successful component of asymmetric warfare and terrorism across the globe for decades.

The UK made the mistake of reducing its emphasis on C-IED after the cessation of hostilities in Northern Ireland, and had to ramp up rapidly for subsequent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This coincided with the ill-judged decision to reduce another critical component of C-IED, human intelligence (HUMINT), post-Cold War. The UK is currently a world leader in C-IED. The combination of the high-risk search skills of the Royal Engineers, technical expertise of the ammunition technical officers (ATOs) of the Royal Logistic Corps in neutralising IEDs, together with the C-IED awareness of in-theatre troops, backed up by first-class technical research, have all contributed to the UK’s well-deserved pre-eminence in this field.

That the IED threat faces all UK citizens was brutally demonstrated in the London suicide bombings of July 2005. We must therefore ensure that we maintain C-IED technical and operational excellence. To do this, adequate funding must be provided to guarantee a continuing effective campaign against the radical elements and criminals that expound the use of these deadly weapons, their modus operandi and their supply chains, together with our technical and tactical operations against the production and emplacement of IEDs. Effective IED threat informationsharing among all interested parties will be crucial to success.

The C-IED momentum must be maintained. ■ counteriedreport.com

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