Chapter 3 Improvised Explosive Device Disposal
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1. IEDD in mine action – overview
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1.1. Introduction
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1.2. Scope
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1.3.Mine action IEDD guiding philosophy
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1.4. General principles
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1.5.Mandatory actions
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1.6.Working practices
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1.7.Management oversight and referrals
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2. IED tactics
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2.1. Time IEDs
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2.2. Command IEDs
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2.3. Victim operated IEDs (VOIEDs)
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2.4. IEDs targeting disposal procedures
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2.5. Person borne suicide IEDs
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2.6. Projected IEDs
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2.7. Vehicle borne IEDs
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3. IEDD task conduct
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3.1. Task conduct and phases
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3.2.Home-made explosives
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4. IEDD techniques and procedures
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4.1.MA IEDD equipment options
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4.2. ROV actions including manipulator, disruptor and cutter
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4.3.Hook and line
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4.4. Barrel disruptors
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4.5. Bottle disruptors
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4.6. Shaped charges
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4.7. Shaped charge effects
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4.8.Demolition in situ
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4.9. Pyrotechnic torch / thermite lance
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4.10.Human remains clearance
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4.11.Use of UAVs during humanitarian IEDD
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4.12. Portable digital X-ray
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4.13. Vehicle clearance
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4.14. VBIED disruptors and extractors
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4.15. Initiator and detonator safety
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5. Lexicon of acronyms
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