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Facility in Arizona testing cordless phone that might be used to trigger IED

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posted on Oct, 23 2010 @ 02:54 AM
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I did this post a while ago about some facility in Arizona using a cordless phone that is not legal in the US.
facility in Arizona

This report pulled off of wiki leaks indicates a long distance cordless phone was found to trigger an IED.

wkileak thread about IED triggering with long range cordless phone

Since the wikileaks server is being hammered, here is the report.



IED FOUND/CLEARED BY ___ ESB ___ OF RAMADI: ___ INJ/DAMAGE 2005-10-10 01:30:00 : Take care; definitions may be wrong. AT 100630C ___, AN ___ ESB ROUTE ___ TEAM (-___) LOCATED (___) IEDS WHILE SWEEPING THE AREA WEST OF THE CRATER REPAIR ON ASR ___, 8KM EAST OF RAMADI ( ___). EOD CONDUCTED A VEHICLE SWEEP OF THE AREA TARGETED FOR REPAIR. NO ITEMS WERE LOCATED DURING THE SWEEP OF THE TARGET AREA. A DISMOUNTED SWEEP WAS ALSO CONDUCTED BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE WORK AREA. THE FIRST IED WAS LOCATED AND RENDERED SAFE. IT CONSISTED OF (___) 130MM HE PROJECTILE WITH AN INITIATION SYSTEM OF RED DET CORD, AN ELECTRIC CAP, A ___ UTILIZING A DUAL TONE MULTIPLE FREQUENCY CARD (PLACED IN A WHITE PROJECT BOX), A SIX-VOLT RECHARGEABLE, AND A NINE-VOLT BATTERY. THE IED WAS CONCEALED IN A PARTIALLY BURIED GRAIN SACK. THE MANUAL SWEEP WAS CONTINUED UNTIL THE TARGETED REPAIR AREA WAS SECURE. A SECOND IED WAS LOCATED ___ EAST OF THE CRATER REPAIR SITE ( ___). EOD ___ THE (___) 130MM HE PROJECTILES SURFACE LAID AND CONCEALED UNDER A PILE OF DIRT. THE FIRING SYSTEM WAS A -___ LONG RANGE CORDLESS TELEPHONE BASE STATION, ___ MOTORCYCLE BATTERY, AND A WASHING MACHINE TIMER (FOR SAFE SEPARATION). THE IED WAS SUCCESSFULLY RENDERED SAFE USING THE . ___ OR DAMAGES TO REPORT.



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