Battlefield Tech: Fighting Roadside Bombs With Modified RC Cars
AMTI's remote-controlled bomb-detecting device.
Image source: Applied Marine Technology Inc.
Image source: Applied Marine Technology Inc.
Renae Merle writes in The Washington Post:
Robert Pervere's fight against insurgents in Iraq started with an Emaxx monster truck from Debbie's RC World Inc. in Chesapeake, Va., a $335 toy that he turned into a weapon for U.S. troops against roadside bombs.More here.
The 24-year-old engineer replaced about 80 percent of the toy's plastic parts with aluminum, fastened two small surveillance cameras to the top and made room for an explosive that could blow up suspicious objects from hundreds of feet away.
posted by Fergie @ 7/28/2006 08:49:00 PM
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