The head of the U.S. Army Aviation Center has reported separately that insurgents are now using a new aerial improvised explosive device (IED) designed to shoot 15 meters (50 feet) into the air and explode under a low-flying helicopter, the weekly Defense News reported.<\/em> (…) <\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bb Brig. Gen. Edward Sinclair, the commander of the Army Aviation Center at Fort Rucker, Ala., disclosed that the latest threat against military helicopters in Iraq are aerial IEDs. He told Defense News that insurgents have been placing the improvised explosive devices along known flight paths and then triggering them when American helicopters fly in at rooftop level. Sinclair said the bomb’s builders may be using radio activated proximity fuses taken from artillery, anti-aircraft and mortar shells to detonate the warhead at altitudes of about 15 meters (50 feet).<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bb Defense News said the devices have been used against helicopters on multiple occasions, but the general would not say if they have caused damage. Army helicopters come under insurgent fire 15 or 20 times a month, Sinclair said.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\tMis en ligne le 18 janvier 2006 \u00e0 17H40<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Puisqu’on parle beaucoup d’une nouvelle menace contre les h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res am\u00e9ricains en Irak, des pr\u00e9cisions apparaissent sur la forme de ces menaces. Outre les classiques missiles sol-air portables, comme le SA-7, il y a l’apparition de IED (Improvised Explosive Device). Le 17 janvier, Defense News publie une d\u00e9p\u00e8che AFP qui, assez curieusement, cite Defense News (mouvement… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3916,4684,857],"class_list":["post-67189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloc-notes","tag-helicopteres","tag-ied","tag-irak"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}