Afghanistan War Research Paper

During the War In Afghanistan, the leading cause of american deaths was IEDs also \\\\\\known as Improvised Explosive Devices or land mines. In the Afghanistan War, IEDs accounted for 1403 deaths, which makes up for about half the deaths during the war. There is no denying the fact that 1403 deaths is not a lot. Improvised Explosive Devices are a huge problem in not only Afghanistan but the whole Middle East. How are the IEDs being created? What measures are being taken to prevent IED deaths in Afghanistan? How were IEDs introduced in Afghanistan? All these questions and more will be answered in this essay.

IEDs are made by terrorists in old, abandoned buildings using special chemicals. According to Time Magazine’s article Afghanistan’s IED Complex: Inside the Taliban Bomb Making Industry, IEDs are being made using CAN or Calcium Ammonium Nitrate. When this chemical is mixed with potassium chlorate a chemical reaction …show more content…
All Africa Global Media came out with an article in July of 2013 about the Air Forces’ new bomb disposing robot. The robot can defuse a high caliber bombs, which will help reduce deaths from IEDs for multiple reasons. First they are defusing bombs which could kill multiple people. Second they are protecting the lives of the people that would usually be defusing the bombs themselves. If these robots can be made at a low price or have a high durability these robots would be a great asset to the Afghanistan community. Due to this situation, we need something to not only defuse the bombs but detect them. According to science.howstuffworks.com, the military has advanced drones that can sense the Improvised Explosive Devices using lasers. The drones will help save lives because they won't need people with metal detectors scanning fields for IEDs where they could be seriously injured or killed. Instead the military can use unmanned aircrafts that keep everybody out of