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2009-11-28 Iraq

Iraq: $80m spent on faulty UK bomb detectors

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Posted by 2009-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 One of the problems we have is that the machine does look a little primitive. We are working on a new model that has flashing lights.

Obviously graduates of the Bill Gates school of marketing.

Posted by phil_b 2009-11-28 01:28|| 2009-11-28 01:28|| Front Page Top

#2

Reminds me of the $1B useless canning factory the US sold the Russians during the cold war.

Why would one want to put flashing lights on a piece of bent-up coathanger wire?

They just have the wrong people holding the detectors is all. :-)

Posted by gorb 2009-11-28 03:35|| 2009-11-28 03:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Link is 404.

Interesting story Gorb, got more?

Posted by gromky 2009-11-28 07:25|| ]">[ ] 2009-11-28 07:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Link works fine for me ... the site was busy when you tried, I suspect.

Posted by lotp 2009-11-28 07:45|| 2009-11-28 07:45|| Front Page Top

#5 ATSC promotional material claims that its Advanced Detecting Equipment can find anything from explosives to human remains, including narcotics, ivory and truffles, at distances of up to 1km.

Now if they could tie it into measuring carbon emissions and global warming patterns....

Posted by Pappy 2009-11-28 13:34|| 2009-11-28 13:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Interesting story Gorb, got more?

Sorry, I don't have a link. There may be something out there on it, or maybe the story was made up. But it sounds too weird to be made up. :-)

I believe the Advanced Detecting Equipment's performance is diminished by scrambled eggs within a two kilometer radius.

Posted by gorb 2009-11-28 17:30|| 2009-11-28 17:30|| Front Page Top

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