Assessing the IED Threat
Aug 2009, Vol. 154, No. 4By Olivier GrouillePlacing Bird and Fairweather’s comprehensive data into context, Olivier Grouille argues that while Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have become the Taliban’s weapon of choice for the Afghan insurgency, force protection alone is unable to secure success for British troops. Anti-IED operations must be an important part of British strategy, but not the whole picture.
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