command-detonated

The mine was either command-detonated or set off by trip wires.

Often, it was no more than a couple of men with automatic weapons and a command-detonated mine.

It's a command-detonated mine that can be pointed at the enemy.

The sound of a command-detonated mine exploding brought Hathcock to his feet.

Defense against command-detonated mines was not easy but such mines were also less frequent.

This does not include command-detonated IEDs, which are used in many more countries.

A command-detonated mine ripped through the friendly team, instantly killing three men and wounding all the others.

These alternatives include warning sensors, wire entanglements and command-detonated munitions.

The dug-in engineer platoon had festooned the bridge with command-detonated mines.

Killigan had hit a command-detonated booby trap.

But they've got tunnels and spider holes-and command-detonated mines-laced out from the pit like a giant worm-farm.

Because they are designed to be buried, they are appropriate for command-detonated ambushes, but tripwire operation is common as well.

Led by Osborne, Team 76, was doing bomb damage assessment after an airstrike when either a rocket or command-detonated device claimed their lives.

Both command-detonated and delayed-fuse IEDs were used to derail thousands of German trains during 1943-1944.

Components recovered from post-blast investigation indicated a command-detonated IED concealed in a backpack.

Electronic early warning devices and command-detonated mines went in the rice paddy southeast of camp and the groves of trees to the southwest.

Yet, such claims were based on estimates of casualties caused by command-detonated mines, punji sticks and other booby traps, and proved to be wildly inaccurate.

This depended on the use of command-detonated mines which were triggered by hidden troops who held a detonating device connected to the demolitions by electrical wire.

At critical junctures within this wire barrier surrounding our defensive perimeter, Sergeant Luden positioned command-detonated claymore mines and fugas.

Command-detonated mines were used extensively on "The Long Tau" (Saigon-Vung Tau).

Mr. Boal actually embedded with an E.O.D. team in Iraq, so he knows the chances of recklessly approaching even a single command-detonated bomb and surviving are quite small.

We devised a primitive contraption, a sort of narrow-bladed, sturdy hoe which the GMC dragged along the roadside to pick up: the wires of such command-detonated mines.

Well," said Tommy, setting up a command-detonated claymore by the door, "I'd love to help you out and all, but all things considered I think we should concentrate on what we're doing.

The militia would then retreat to a rally point where it would "wage war against the government and be prepared to defend in-depth with trip-wired and command-detonated anti-personnel improvised explosive devices."

Violence continued against occupation troops today as a British soldier was killed and two were wounded near Basra after the ambulance in which they were traveling was attacked by a command-detonated explosive.