An Cosantóir

June 2011

An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.

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C 17 | -IED EXERCISE CONTAINED FREEDOM BY WESLEY BOURKE PHOTOGRAPHS BY ARMN GREG DORNEY major weapons in their arsenals. Consequently the Ordnance Corps, who are responsible for improvised explosive device disposal (IEDD) in Ireland, have to try to keep one step ahead of the innovators and manufacturers of these indiscriminate devices. T THE DEFENCE FORCES MAGAZINE he use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is widespread around the world and their uses are not restricted to the front line. Terrorists, insurgents and dissidents all employ IEDs as

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