US ‘Jammer’ Curbs ISIS Drone Threat in Mosul Battle
In this Oct. 21, 2016 photo, a U.S. soldier, left, prepares to launch a drone in a joint base with Iraqi army on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq. A vehicle-mounted signals "jammer" provided to the Iraqi security forces by the U.S. have greatly reduced the ISIS drone threat in the battle for West Mosul, according to Iraqi generals. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)In this Oct. 21, 2016 photo, a U.S. soldier, left, prepares to launch a drone in a joint base with Iraqi army on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq. A vehicle-mounted signals "jammer" provided to the Iraqi security forces by the U.S. have greatly reduced the ISIS drone threat in the battle for West Mosul, according to Iraqi generals. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Posted By: Richard Sisk March 8, 2017
A vehicle-mounted signals “jammer” provided to the Iraqi security forces by the U.S. have greatly reduced the ISIS drone threat in the battle for West Mosul, according to Iraqi generals.
What the Iraqis call the “interference machine,” or “parasite machine,” has been used effectively to counter the small, commercial drones that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria had been deploying to drop hand grenades and other small explosives on advancing forces, the Iraqi generals told the Kurdish news agency Rudaw Tuesday.
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