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How Jammers Helped Counter the Iraqi Insurgency

US Army 1st Lt. Andrew Dacey, attached to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, stands in front of an ambush-protected vehicle in Abu Ghraib, Iraq (photo: US Army)

The US military came up with a better technology to thwart remote-controlled bombs in Iraq.

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Tech Podcast 270: Drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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us-air-force-drone_785837cOn this week’s podcast, we kick off with an extended version of an interview with Noah Shachtman of Wired.com. Noah’s just back from checking out the drones that are currently flying over Pakistan and Afghanistan, and he’s got a lot of interesting things to talk about. We’ll also take a trip into space to hear about a new NASA telescope, and about Sapporo’s “Space Barley” Beer.

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