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    Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs

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    Image of B52HVet B52HVet
    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    From the full article:

    "All active electronic devices, including wireless receivers used to trigger to IEDs - radiate electronic energy, and US researchers have developed ways to detect and identify such devices based on these "unintentional" emissions."

    I'm damned glad that we are getting tech like this into service. I've had too many friends injured/killed from (comparatively) stone aged tech overseas. Hope this works as well as advertised. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    Silly codename? As a Georgia Tech football fan, I disagree and merely hope that when it finds an IED, it runs the option on it.
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    This needs to be painted with black and yellow stripes. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    "will be able to survey areas for the electromagnetic emissions associated with receivers and provide an early warning to soldiers." ???

    In my book a receiver is passive and can't be detected, less getting its "electromagnetic emissions associated". What's next? warp drive?... #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    11/03/09

    @Meantux: Most IEDs use cell phones that check in with towers often. That's my guess. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    11/03/09

    @The Lab: Actually, that is one way that can be sent.

    While it would be bad form for me to mention exactly how it works, it is within the safety briefings that troops of many countries are given. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    11/03/09

    @Meantux: Most receivers use oscillators to tune their receiver, and those oscillators emit RF. Sensitive detection circuitry can tell if you have a receiver operating, and what frequency it's tuned to.

    It's similar to the way the VG-2 "radar detector detector" works - it listens for frequencies emitted by your radar detector as it listens for radar, and alerts the police that you have a radar detector in the car. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    Interesting. It's too bad that there (currently) isn't an aerial unmanned version of the MICLIC that can destroy those roadside (and elsewhere) pests.

    DARPA.... get to work on it! #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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